Scarpacci video and still photo strategy hinges on development of one of the lightweight and versatile colonoscopy cameras being publicized by a well known Bio lab. This line of cameras has been chosen because it is believed certain models can withstand the rigors of the Moon atmosphere. The lab is developing a set of legs that could be incorporated into the camera package. Moon mission pilots would carry the camera for deployment on the Lunar surface. It is hoped that the camera could be brought back to Terra Firma and cleaned up so it could be returned and get our money back.
In its current role, the capsule camera snaps thousands of pictures and a video stream as it makes its way slowly through the narrow tract, carried by the wave-like peristaltic motion that moves all contents through the intestines.
In the Moon mission scheme, the capsule could deploy three legs, creating a tripod that could stop the capsule's movement along its travels, giving observers a chance to take a closer look at something.
Polymer pads on the leg tips, mimicking the adhesive foot pads of the cockroach, would stick to the Moon rocks and the unit could scurry like a real roach when necessary. The adhesive foot pads require very little pressure, yet enable the beetle-like device to withstand forces of more than 200 times its body weight.
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