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As a child in the 80s, one of my teachers had a stack of 70s kids science magazines for rainy lunch times. One of them had a section in Lunokhod and also on so
by ljf 2y ago
As a child in the 80s, one of my teachers had a stack of 70s kids science magazines for rainy lunch times.
One of them had a section in Lunokhod and also on some sort of pressurised diving suit. I'd seek those magazines out and stare at them for ages - they both seemed so exciting and remarkable.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunokhod_programme https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunokhod_programme
When I got interested in the Lunokhod a few years ago I tried to find footage of the video feed that was sent back, and only found a grainy gif compiled from some of the images - I don't think any live footage was recorded, or if it was I don't believe it was made public. Seemed so amazing, remotely driving a vehicle on the moon, at that time.
- nradov 2y agoThe diving suit picture was probably a JIM suit. It was revolutionary because it wasn't pressurized. The suit interior remained at 1 atm so the diver wasn't affected by higher pressures (neurological effects and decompression sickness). https://navalunderseamuseum.org/jim-suit/ https://navalunderseamuseum.org/jim-suit/
- ljf 2y agoYou are entirely correct - I have lost whole afternoons to similar sites: https://cyberneticzoo.com/early-underwater-manipulators-and-robots/ https://cyberneticzoo.com/early-underwater-manipulators-and-... Machines/suits/robots like these really tickle part of my brain.