Apollo 15 Commander Talks About Developing and Driving Lunar Buggy

szczys writes: Greg Charvat recently sat in on an MIT course called "Engineering Apollo". For this set of sessions, David Scott recounted his experience as an astronaut. David was the commander of the Apollo 15 mission, flew several others, and took part in the development of much of the equipment used in the moon missions. The class is basically him hanging around with a bunch of engineers talking in a level of detail rarely heard. From the Hackaday article: "As if you had any doubts, but David confirms the lunar rover was really fun to drive. The vehicle had a wide wheel base, a low center of gravity, and each wheel had its own motor. But there was one occasion that caused a stir when the rover nearly slid down a mountain."

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if you almost slid off a moon mountain...you might be a redneck

And if you almost slid off a moon mountain...with a stolen lunar buggy... you might be a...! No, that would be so wrong to write, since as a kid (true -and stupid- story), i had stole a (non-lunar) buggy... and slid off a (non-moon) mountain, straight to a poor men's farm house... but i a not a nigger!