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.
They are rated for the temperatures, if you use the right duct tape. We flew one here: https://m.dpreview.com/news/7371388799/nanoavionics-captures-first-4k-resolution-satellite-selfie-in-space-with-customized-gopro
There are less guarantees regarding life time due to radiations, but they are surprisingly good on this and the one in the link still work to this day (525km orbit)
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.
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.
NASA does this. Looking at the metadata from last year’s moon orbiter photos (like this one), it was shot on a GoPro HERO4 Black. Here NASA scientists talk about the cameras on that mission.
Not sure about India, but NASA has used GoPros on Moon-related stuff. Artemis I had 4 GoPros on the ends of its solar panels when it orbited the Moon last year.
- heavily modified GoPros, for them to pass the space rating.
Why would they use GoPro to begin? Certainly using off the shelf items makes sense but doesn’t a go pro require you to retrieve the camera to view the video? How do you turn it on or off and wouldn’t the battery just run out?
Edit. Found the source. Rather interesting. https://m.dpreview.com/news/7371388799/nanoavionics-captures-first-4k-resolution-satellite-selfie-in-space-with-customized-gopro
I am also stumped, I think the main reason must be PR, because NASA engineers wrote the book about how to get CCD’s to work in space.
My guess is that they said “Hey lets get some PR by making GoPro space rated” while the “real” engineers build the proper spacecraft, and that’s why the cameras are placed on the solar panels as far away from the crew as possible.
they aren’t built for space. There’s zero pressure so the battery might burst. Also electronics need radiation shielding since there’s no atmosphere to protect them.
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Because NASAs shit will work on the moon and look okay while doing it?
This is a great question, with great answers. Who needs AskScience?!
Go pro in india cost too much so they relie on fake data
To make credible for the edible prople
Comeon thry used crappy projecting softeare to “visualise” their landing !
Will they prop up their flag to mark the territory like the Americans did ?
