[Milsurplus] OT: Restored Apollo 11 Video

[mikea]

On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 09:19:20AM -0400, Ryan Gill wrote:
> At 7:06 AM -0500 7/20/09, David Stinson wrote:
> >On this 40th ann. of the moon landing,
> >if you want to view the restored Apollo 11 landing video,
> >it's at:
> >
> >http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/hd/apollo11.html
> >
> >You'll need Quicktime and a broadband connection.
> 
> What's infuriating is that they taped over the primary video tape.

Yes; true. Nasa had to go, hat in hand, to other holders of copies, and
ask for copies of the copies. Why? NASA only had a limited number of
units of this particular tape type, and nobody thought to designate the
Apollo 11 landing videos as being of historic value. As a result, the
original, priceless video tapes of the landing were ... overwritten. 

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Mike Andrews, W5EGO
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