Buy a used drill chuck, which didn't work flawlessly to begin with, for almost $50,000? Sounds like a bid for lunacy. And it is, literally. Auction house RR Auction recently took bids on the chuck that was part of the lunar-surface drill used on the Apollo 15 mission by Commander Dave Scott in 1971.
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Originally published on CTE: 2016-12-13
CTE source: https://ctemag.com/news/apollo-15-drill-chuck-used-moon-sold/
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