29-06-2019, 10:33 AM
(29-06-2019, 08:49 AM)Mr Hoover Wrote: Apollo 12 had the problem with the camera
Yes, I remember that very well. It looked as if the camera was pointed directly at the sun when it was on its way down the steps of the LEM.
That's instant destruction for a vidicon tube, even with 50 miles of the earth's atmosphere between tube and the sun, let alone unfiltered sunlight on the lunar surface.
