ELI5; Why is camera quality in space so low?

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I was watching a clip of the astronaut Sunita Williams talk about how grateful she is to be stuck in space, anyway I noticed the camera quality is like a video from the early 2000s? Does this have to do with radiation in space interfering with the camera, or is it just that they likely have old equipment?

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It’s actually a combination of factors. Radiation can definitely cause interference with the cameras, but also the equipment used by astronauts is often older and not updated as frequently as technology on Earth. Additionally, the cameras are designed to withstand the harsh conditions of space, so sacrificing some image quality is often necessary for durability.

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