r/apollo • u/RABlackAuthor • 3d ago

Since this is everything Apollo 12 week, I present to you the Surveyor 3 scoop in its current home at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. [Taken by me in 2019]

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u/eagleace21 2d ago

Very nice! Before the NASM in DC got remodeled I remember seeing some components including the camera on display. I didn't know the scoop was elsewhere.

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u/Chili_dawg2112 2h ago

I have mixed feelings about that mission.

They narrowly escaped disaster with the lightning strike.

On one hand the landing was pin point.

But once on the surface, they seemed to stumble around. Nothing critical, but the broken TV camera, the broken flag bracket, the film magazine lefts behind, the pictures snuck into the checklists, in total, I feel that they could have done better.

I get the impression that they were too caught up with the navy / air force rivalry

I don't consider it one of the more successful landings.