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  [RR] Scott's Apollo 15 drill chuck (Dec. 2016)

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Robert Pearlman
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RR Auction's current selection of space artifacts, closing for bid on Dec. 7, 2016, includes a number of Apollo 15 artifacts consigned by David Scott, including a drill chuck used on the lunar surface during all three of the mission's EVAs.
Accompanied by a signed letter of provenance from Scott, in part: "I hereby certify that the Apollo 15 Lunar Surface Drill Chuck included with this letter was used to emplace two heat flow probes to record the temperature of the lunar surface as well as a deep core tube to extract 2.9 meters of lunar material from the surface of the Moon..."

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