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Originally Posted by Red Raster
Just a flashback to the past i have had to replace vidicon tubes in video cameras on the back ends of city garbage trucks, they were damaged by
arc welding exposure
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A bit like the TV camera on the 2nd moon landing mission Apollo 12. Worked fine until the astronauts needed to move it off the lander to set it on a tripod. The camera got pointed at the Sun by accident and ruined the pickup tube. OOPS. It didn't put the astronauts at risk, but NASA surely suffered a public relations setback (no TV from the Moon?
). Anyway, the camera takes the hit and saves your eyes.