Sad news. I contacted him and bounced ides off him on one of the A16 magazines that one idiot posted was "orange juice" snudged on the film, something that could not be accomplished in a vacuum, so necessarily the missions were faked. The consensus was it was a small amount of regolith that got smeared on many images as the film was being wound.
Funnily enough that was a subject that he investigated with me in reaction to some comments from AWE130 in 2014, he roped in Ken Glover as well they spent about 2 weeks going over transcripts and pictures.
This was one of his final emails on the subject RIP Eric..
Subject: Apollo 16 Mag 116/E Smudges are not Gatorade
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[email protected]Hi Gang,
Yesterday I found the answer in the May 5, 1972 Apollo 16 Technical Crew Debriefing. While in the cabin, they wiped the cameras with a damp cloth to try to get the dust off and, before EVA-3, apparently dragged part of the damp cloth across the reseau plate on John’s camera. The smudges therefore represent a residue of muddy water! :-)
All the best,
Eric
