Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think the program/spacecraft was named Ranger. I still remember watching the "landing" (sort of like the way a bug "lands" on a car windshield at 60 mph on the highway) on TV as a kid. Waste of a couple of good Summicrons... Chuck Albertson Seattle, Wash. At 06:05 PM 6/8/98 -0400, you wrote: >At 10:36 PM 08-06-98 +0200, Alf wrote: >> >> >>Some years ago, I heard, that NASA used a Summicron to meassure >>distances thru moon and apollo, because it was more reliable and >>sharp than any other system. It's certainly untrue. But I love >>that charming story, because it values a true fantastic lens. > >It is true (as far as I know) that an off the shelf 50 summicron was used >on an unmanned sattelite (explorer?) that took video of the moon as it >crashed into it. I think this was in the early 60s. > >Dan C. >