3- Attitude Control Joystick from Apollo 15 – $327,870
Manned by David Scott, James Irwin and Alfred Worden the Apollo 15 was a 1971 mission.
It was the first missions to ever use the Lunar Roving Vehicle. Considered at the time the most successful manned flight ever made which was able to take home 77 kilograms of lunar surface materials.
Some of the devices used to perform all those experiments and actions were panoramic camera, gamma ray spectrometer, mapping camera, laser altimeter, mass spectrometer and a joystick.
This is where I wanted to get you. To talk about that joystick.
The joystick was used to control the quadruple rocket engines that weighed 100 pounds each.
In 2009, the joystick was sold for $327,870.
