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On the Apollo 16 mission, astronaut Charles Duke placed a photo of his family on the moon.

lost21346-50, M
It鈥檚 bad enough everyone litters here.
cherokeepatti61-69, F
And it didn鈥檛 float away, interesting.
DrWatson70-79, M
@Auggie They don't need weighted suits. The escape velocity on the moon is more than 2 kilometers per second. No astronaut is going to achieve that velocity simply by walking or even jumping on the moon.

The suits were indeed bulky, because of all that the suits had to accomplish. For one thing, there is zero atmospheric pressure on the moon, so to keep the suits from exploding due to air pressure inside of them, the suit had to consist of multiple layers of heavy material engineered to withstand the pressure. Add to that the oxygen tanks, the electric cooling systems, the thick boots needed for walking on a surface that has the consistency of broken glass, and a host of other factors, and the suits ended up being pretty heavy. But it was not to "weigh down" the astronauts.

By the way, if the moon had zero gravity, then those suits would have zero weight. But the moon does have gravity, and that is what holds that photo to the ground.
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wildbill8336-40, M
Apollo spacesuits weighed approximately 180lb (30lb on the moon @ 1/6th the gravity); the suits were gauky and cumbersome, hence it was easier to hop around than walk in them
That鈥檚 littering.. $200 on the spot 馃嚘馃嚭
4meAndyouF
@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout Yes...report him to the Moon police! 馃ぃ馃ぃ馃ぃ
DrWatson70-79, M
@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout What about the "litter" consisting of all the spacecraft and experiments left behind.
@DrWatson you don鈥檛 have to sell me.. $200 a pop.
We鈥檙e gunna be rich 馃い
helenS36-40, F
I wonder what it might look like today, after being exposed to hard UV radiation and cosmic rays for 50+ years...
@helenS I'm fully convinced it's just a white piece of paper by now. If it hasn't just been burned up.
helenS36-40, F
@LordShadowfire yes the dyes which constitute the photograph are most likely fully photolyzed.
GlitterEater36-40, F
When you really want to get rid of something
DrWatson70-79, M
@GlitterEater I think they also left a fruitcake behind.
RenFur70-79, M
I'd be interested to know how much extra fuel was needed to handle the weight of that tiny package. I'm serious.
DrWatson70-79, M
@RenFur I have wondered about that. But then again, Alan Shepard brought a golf ball and club!

I have read from multiple sources that each astronaut was given a weight allowance for personal items.
RenFur70-79, M
@DrWatson

!! - - That's right (about the ball and club). We're probably talking big bucks, here.
4meAndyouF
1st Family on the moon!!! 馃ぃ
HoraceGreenley56-60, M
It's really faded now
Probably bleached white by the sun by now, if it even still exists. But that's a hell of a gesture.

 
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