To ppl w/ a background in space science: protections needed on a movie camera hooked to a space vehicle?

Question

There wasn't enough room to give enough detail in the ? for it to make sense, so I'm elaborating here! LOL I don't know that this has ever been done before, but, my question is hypothetical; I'm wondering what type of protections someone would have to put on a movie camera, to avoid it burning up or being jarred loose, for it to survive being on the outside of a spacebound vehicle (like the Shuttle) while going into space. Let me know if you need more clarification, and I'll put it up. :)

Answer 1

no. on shuttle a camera CANNOT be on the outside of the ship. It would be destroyed (period) on re-entry.

IMAX cameras are stored inside the cargo bay

other cameras are SOOOO smalllllll (compared) that they can be carried by astronauts and put in the "glove compartment"

once in orbit these cameras can me moved anywhere and even attached to the ship, the struts to hold it would be quite minimal since its in zero G. when ready for re-entry though they come back inside



sometime cameras are mounted on the inside of the ship pointing out of a window..... still inside though

Answer 2

NASA does put cameras on the shuttle's External Tank, and there have been external cameras on other rockets. Mainly, it just has to be bolted on. The real problem would be if you wanted it to survive the re-entry.