The Modular Equipment Transporter was designed due to difficulties had by an American NASA astronaut who was awarded what in 1978?
Modular Equipment Transporter:  Designed after Apollo 12 astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean had difficulties lugging their equipment significant distances to and from their Lunar Module, the MET primarily functioned as a portable workbench with a place for hand tools and their carrier, cameras, spare camera magazines, rock sample bags, environmental sample containers, and the portable magnetometer with its sensor and tripod. Pete Conrad: Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr. (June 2, 1930 – July 8, 1999), (Captain, USN), was an American NASA astronaut, naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and during the Apollo 12 mission became the third man to walk on the Moon. Pete Conrad:  For this, President Jimmy Carter awarded him the Congressional Space Medal of Honor in 1978.
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