Apollo 17 Astronauts Gene Cernan and Jack Schmitt are doing some “low-tech” body work on their high-tech Lunar Rover. During their first moonwalk Gene accidentally hooked the hammer he carried in his right leg pocket onto the Rover’s right rear fender extension, knocking it off. He fixed it temporarily by taping it on with duct tape. Unfortunately, somewhere on their lunar drive the tape gave way and the fender extension fell off and was lost for good.



Losing a part of a fender, a minor problem on planet earth, is a serious one . . .