David Burbach 🇺🇸 @dburbach.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Not known widely (I think?) but the astronauts, almost all test pilots not rockhounds, went through a lot of geological training including practice field missions. They were not just grabbing random rocks (*) 4331
Chase Million @millionconcepts.com · 02/09/2026Trained largely at USGS Flagstaff! And only after advocacy by Gene Shoemaker to include dedicated science investigation. I visited the USGS archives a few years ago and held Shoemaker's personal copy of the proposal in my hands. Here's a mock stereo camera that they used. (It's made of wood!) 130
Chase Million @millionconcepts.com · 02/09/2026Here's a scan of the Apollo Manned Lunar Landing Scientific Experiment Proposal. So damned cool. www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/docume...lpi.usra.edu 120
