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NASA may have been concerned with loose graphite particles floating inside the spacecraft. IIRC graphite is conductive. Getting some of that inside a panel could be bad juju.
Quite the opposite.
See? The government buys an inexpensive, off-the-shelf light that meets their needs to contain costs and someone will try to construe it in a bad way.
Shame.
Its not like the Cammilus workers didn't have a strong hand in the company's demise. A 6 month strike? How many companies can survive that?
IMO - if I go on strike for 6 months I have no basis for complaint for being unemployed.