8-Pound Swimming Video Camera Survives Gator Attack at NASA/Kennedy Space Center
Photo credit: Steve Van Meter
Photo credit: Steve Van Meter
Photo credit: Steve Van Meter
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8-Pound Swimming Video Camera Survives Gator Attack at NASA/Kennedy Space Center |
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Once the alligator grabbed the VideoRay ROV, it traveled
for about 50 feet with the tether in his jaws. Photo credit: Steve Van Meter |
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The alligator grabbed the 8-pound VideoRay ROV and traveled
for about 50 feet with the tether in its jaws. The ROV tether suffered a
small cut. Steve Van Meter of NASA/Kennedy Space Center remarked, "Bottom
line: we were lucky more damage was not done, and really lucky to have been
using the machine instead of a person in the water." Photo credit: Steve Van Meter |
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The VideoRay ROV was being used to scout out shallow
waters near the launch pad for the Space Shuttle. Photo credit: Steve Van Meter |
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