Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/08

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Subject: Re: [Leica] cron vs lux
From: Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net>
Date: Mon, 08 Jun 1998 18:05:54 -0400
 
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.