[QuadList] NPR story: Houston, We Erased The Apollo 11 Tapes

[COURYHOUSE at aol.com]

listening to it on the radio  now........  ERASED!   how  sad is  that?:



_Morning  Edition_ 
(http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=3) , July  16, 2009 ·An exhaustive, three-year search for some tapes that  
contained the original footage of the Apollo 11 moonwalk has concluded that  
they were probably destroyed during a period when NASA was erasing old  
magnetic tapes and reusing them to record satellite data.


_http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106637066_ 
(http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106637066) 



NASA has,  however, offered up a consolation prize for the 40th anniversary 
of the Apollo  11 mission — the agency has taken the best available 
broadcast television  footage and contracted with a digital restoration firm to 
enhance it, so that  the public can see the first moonwalk in more detail than 
ever  before.


_http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/hd/apollo11.html_ 
(http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/hd/apollo11.html) 


The restoration is ongoing at Lowery Digital in Burbank and is supposed  to 
be finished in September.


You can watch the 11AM EDT news briefing (at 8 am PDT) on the NASA cable,  
satellite or internet channels:
_http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html_ 
(http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html) 


July  16, Thursday
11  a.m. - NASA News Briefing on Restored Apollo 11 Moonwalk Video  from 
the Newseum - HQ (All  Channels)
1  p.m. - Apollo 40th Anniversary Roundtable - HQ (All  Channels)


There are other Apollo special programs this week:
_http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/MM_NTV_Breaking.html_ 
(http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/MM_NTV_Breaking.html) 


Ted



 
 
 
Ted Langdell
Secretary
Skype:  TedLangdell
e-mail: _ted at quadvideotapegroup.com_ (mailto:ted at quadvideotapegroup.com) 





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Thanks,

Ed Sharpe, Archivist for SMECC  

See the Museum's Web Site at _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org/) 

We are always looking for  items to add to the museum's display and ref. 
library - please advise if you  have anything we can use.

Coury House / SMECC
5802 W. Palmaire Ave.  Phone 623-435-1522
Glendale Az 85301 USA




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