Why don't we strap a GoPro to the moon lander?

https://lemm.ee/post/5258380

Why don't we strap a GoPro to the moon lander? - lemm.ee

Seems possible…

I don’t think go pros are rated for the temperatures reached during takeoff and in space. Also the forces of takeoff and air pressure might cause issues too.

The duct tape will be fine tho.

We duct tape a Stretch Armstrong to the rockets, and once Sr. Armstrong reaches his limit, he’ll snap back and pull the Earth closer to the moon because there is no gravity in space, thus making future launches cheaper and quicker.
That’s science, folks.
Or at least folk-science!
Señor Armstrong? I have no idea why I love that so much. It immediately elevates him somehow in my mind. “Introducing Señor Aureliano (Stretch) Brazo-Fuerte!”
This being from a physics book written by Chuck Norris
Sounds like the recipe to gain a Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask moon to me.

Did you know that every Apollo mission carried multiple rolls of ordinary duct tape with them.

It was used occasionally to fix broken things like the Apollo 17 moonbuggy.

Moondust and Duct Tape | Science Mission Directorate

Going to the Moon? Don't forget your duct tape. Thirty-six years ago when Apollo 17 Astronautsfound themselves a quarter million miles from home with a damaged moonbuggy, a roll of "good old fashioned American gray tape" saved the day.

I also wonder what bandwidth you have available to stream the videofeed back to earth.

Afaik The original Apollo 11 used some low res, low fps tv format that had to be converted on earth, because they didn’t have enough bandwidth to stream full tv resolution at the time.

Oh I know this one, the Apollo 11 cameras were 320 scan lines at 10fps with an optional high res setting of like 1280 scan lines at 0.625 fps. Not sure on the second setting but the first one I’m positive about.

They are rated for the temperatures, if you use the right duct tape. We flew one here: m.dpreview.com/…/nanoavionics-captures-first-4k-r…

There are less guarantees regarding life time die to radiations, but they are surprisingly good on this and the one in the link still work to this day (525km orbit)

NanoAvionics captures first 4K resolution satellite selfie in space with customized GoPro

NanoAvionics, a satellite mission integrator company, customized an off-the-shelf GoPro Hero 7 action camera to capture the first 4K selfie in space aboard its M42 satellite.

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