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They were also first to test the characteristics of a lens cap on another planet in one of their most infamous science experiments.
by aunty_helen 11y ago
They were also first to test the characteristics of a lens cap on another planet in one of their most infamous science experiments.
- duskwuff 11y agoIn an infamous series of science experiments, no less: * One of the two cameras on Venera 9 failed to function because the lens cap didn't come off properly. * Ditto for Venera 10. * Venera 11 broke the trend by having lens caps fail to come off of BOTH cameras. * Venera 12... same thing. * Venera 13, ironically, broke the curse. The lens caps came off properly, and both cameras functioned. * Venera 14 had both cameras function as well. However, it had a unique new problem: the lens cap landed directly under the lander's soil probe, and it ended up measuring the compressibility of the lens cap.
- kijin 11y agoHoly crap. I hope the guy who designed those lens caps didn't get exiled to Siberia or something.