Photostory #498: Federal Scientists to Study Moon Samples

Photographers
John Ough
Maker
National Film Board of Canada
Release Date
July 1, 1969
Collection
CMCP fonds
Credit Line
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography fonds, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archive
Main Text
In progress Photostory 1/8 : Canada's oldest scientific research institution - the Geological Survey of Canada - has been promised part of the action in mankind's first visit to the moon. _x000B__x000B_Following the submission of a proposal to the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Geological Survey of Canada has been selected to carry out detailed scientific investigations on samples of lunar material brought back by Apollo XI astronauts. _x000B__x000B_The proposal to carry out these studies was submitted at the invitation of NASA by the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources back in 1966 and was based on the storehouse of expert knowledge amassed by the GSC since its formation in 1842. With more than a century and a quarter of experience in examining earthly materials and the up-to-date techniques and modern equipment in use by the GSC, the proposed studies of the lunar rocks, detailed and complex as they will be, involve a minimum of special preparation. _x000B__x000B_Studies of the moon samples will be in the fields of mineralogy and petrology; magnetism; electrical conductivity; elemental concentrations and isotopic abundance ratios and chemical analysis. _x000B__x000B_To make these studies the GSC scientists hope to receive lunar samples in the form of polished thin sections, powder, a one-centimeter cube and a small cylindrical core sealed in a glass tube - in all about two ounces of the moon's surface.
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