My follow up question then is. . are there no acoustic-electric-guitar type banjos to convert vibrations to electric pulses to be able to be heard by the banjoist astronaut or to be recorded? 
Apollo 50th
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I dunno… But I imagine the finger picks and chord fingerings have GOT to be a real Bugger with those gloves on!
Gold tone has made a couple different models
Ron Block has a pretty swanky banjo/tele. I saw it on Instagram, not sure if you can find it elsewhere?
Chandrayaan-2 (India moon mission 2) live at 5:13 am US Eastern on 07/22 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6f_HxuVHfrw
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I will gladly serve my country and sit right seat on a moon mission!
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But Ben, please do not embark on any solar missions like this… https://gadgets.ndtv.com/science/news/isro-aditya-l1-2020-launch-isro-chief-k-sivan-comments-2052776 (this is unmanned though). At close range, it is not going to be good for your eyes, unless you plan on using some fully tested goggles/sunglasses…
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Wallace and Grommit made the flight and brought back cheese. If the moon were made of brisket, Ben would have already moved there.
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Ben would set up a BLB (Ben’s Lunar BBQ) up there. Trouble is they would have to climb back in the LEM to eat it. Unless they set up a Lunar base. 
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Wisconsin (the land of cheese heads) is a whole lot closer than the moon - but I don’t see @BanjoBen making that trip anytime soon.
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Hey, space fans. Check out episode 1 of a podcast musical some friends of mine are producing (i’m going to sponsor future episodes). https://soundcloud.com/jimmytrick-sweetwood/i-youll-get-there
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