If you were chosen to go to the moon....

[jinglesassy]

If you were chosen to go to the moon to land in one week and you could bring 3 things with you what would you bring i would bring a baseball bat a baseball and my :camera:

 

[Ghostrider]

I'd take a Henry Repeating Arms AR-7, brick of .22 and a camera, so that I could take pics of me being the first man to fo plinking on the Moon. I guess I'd have plenty of empty cans or whatever to shoot at so no need to bring up targets.

 

[Dambuster]

I'd take a Henry Repeating Arms AR-7, brick of .22 and a camera, so that I could take pics of me being the first man to fo plinking on the Moon. I guess I'd have plenty of empty cans or whatever to shoot at so no need to bring up targets.

Would a lack of oxygen cause problems with the gun? Or is there already some O2 in the cartridge?

 

[Ghostrider]

Would a lack of oxygen cause problems with the gun? Or is there already some O2 in the cartridge?

Firearms work in a vacuum pretty well. The charge contains its own oxydizer. The problems are heat buildup and water-based lubricants that can gunk up the works.

 

[T.Neo]

Would a lack of oxygen cause problems with the gun? Or is there already some O2 in the cartridge?

The propellant in firearm cartridges is self oxidising.

The only problems I can see are the lubricant in a vacuum, and potential cookoff due to solar heating.

EDIT:
Nevermind, Ghostrider answered with pretty much the same thing.

I know vacuum-lubricants have been developed, but I don't know how well they'd work in a firearm.

 

[insanity]

The propellant in firearm cartridges is self oxidising.

The only problems I can see are the lubricant in a vacuum, and potential cookoff due to solar heating.

EDIT:
Nevermind, Ghostrider answered with pretty much the same thing.

I know vacuum-lubricants have been developed, but I don't know how well they'd work in a firearm.

I know some water-based lubricants that work great in a vacuum.

 

[agentgonzo]

I'd take a my telescope. The views of the universe would be just amazing from a perfectly dark location (moon at night) and without the turbulance of the atmosphere.

 

[jedimaster1214]

Would take set of of golf clubs, a few golf balls, and a model x-wing to play with in the 0g.

 

[eveningsky339]

I'd bring a telescope, a camera, and a diary.

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

Hmm, let's see....

1x Laptop (with internet connection via satellite, plus a copy of Orbiter installed)!
1x Uber hi-res :camera:
And maybe a little food & water would be useful (in bags, so that you could use the empty bags to.... well, you get the idea :blink.

 

[jinglesassy]

nice things to bring everyone and i would bring the baseball stuff to become the first base ball player on the moon lol

 

[Zatnikitelman]

My DSLR, Telescope, and Laptop computer.

 

[Oceanic]

a pack of smokes, matches and half a decade old whiskey

 

[jinglesassy]

a pack of smokes, matches and half a decade old whiskey

why only half a decade old?

 

[Biscuit]

... a towel, a packet of peanuts, and my toothbrush.

 

[eveningsky339]

a pack of smokes, matches and half a decade old whiskey

Good luck trying to light matches and smoke in a vacuum!

 

[Andy44]

Firearms work in a vacuum pretty well. The charge contains its own oxydizer. The problems are heat buildup and water-based lubricants that can gunk up the works.

So that scene in Firefly where Jane uses a spacesuit to oxydize his rifle cartridges was incorrect, then?

I'd bring a good Hasselblad medium or large-format film camera with several rolls of color and black and white film (digital being for wimps) , and two lenses, a wide angle and a telephoto to double as a telescope.

Maybe a flask with some good Woodford Reserve bourbon.

An mp3 player with a large selection of prog and space music, jacked into the suit's helmet radio. Would have to have copius amounts of Rush and Pink Floyd.

If no surface transportation is provided, skip the flask and give me a good lunar rover. There's a whole lot of Moon to explore, and I'm not going to waste my time hanging around the landing site.

 

[Kyle]

I'm going to the moon and I'm bringing a balloon!
(only a true space fan will get this)

 

[willy88]

-Laptop
-Camera
-Batman costume

 

[Star Voyager]

Books (i.e. Marooned, The Cape, Riding Rockets, etc.), some Andy Griffith, Wings, Fraiser, some Dean Martin, Johnny Cash, Beatles...