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[edit] lost text

The article needs some details on the camera used the camera used on Apollo 7, Apollo 11 LM, and perhaps other missions. I don't know enough about it, but it was black and white, 10 frames per second, Slow-Scan TV, low resolution. Bubba73 (talk), 02:44, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Scratch that - someone had deleted it. I added it back. Bubba73 (talk), 02:48, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Don't understand your question... all the information is already on the article (camera models, specs and usage). Ricnun 14:24, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

At the time, some of the text about the first camera had been taken out. I went back to an earlier version and recovered the lost text. Bubba73 (talk), 17:50, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Apollo 12

Two things about Apollo 12:

  1. the article says that the TV worked for a "few moments". I saw this live at the time, and I remember it being quite a few minutes, perhaps 10 to 30. Does anyone know how long the TV worked before being fried? (I don't have the DVD.)
  2. Sometime after the problem occurred, Mission Control told them to cut the cable and bring the camera back. Years later I heard that perhaps the camera could have been salvaged, but of course that was too late after the cable was cut. Does anyone have any info about that? Bubba73 (talk), 00:20, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
  1. I checked the Lunar Surface Journal and by checking out Apollo 12's video section, I believe that the camera functioned for about 42 minutes 29 seconds before the tube fried.
  2. I have not heard that claim before. Are you sure it was no referring to the Surveyor 3 camera?Andy120290 00:37, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
That is what I seem to remember - that they later thought that the Apollo 12 TV camera might have been salvaged if they had not cut the cable. But that is based on my memory, which has proven faulty from time to time. Bubba73 (talk), 01:01, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
After a bit more searching around, I have found that they did indeed returned their TV camera. It was cut from the cable at the beginnning of the second EVA. I have not found anything yet about it being salvageable, but even if it were, they probably did not know it at the time and/or there was probably nothing they could do about it. Andy120290 02:08, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
Yes - to see if they can get their money back on the thing! :-) Thanks, do you want to add the "42 minutes" to the article, or shall I? Bubba73 (talk), 02:28, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Apollo 7

Apollo 7 TV
Apollo 7 TV

Wasn't the B&W Westinghouse camera used on Apollo 7 too? Bubba73 (talk), 22:50, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

According to this ( http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/ApolloTV-Acrobat7.pdf ) document, the black & white camera flown on Apollo 7 was provided by RCA. Andy120290 (talk) 00:52, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks, I think I fixed it. Bubba73 (talk), 01:06, 11 June 2008 (UTC)