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

[C. Park Seward]

Great lead in this AP story:

"By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer – 27 mins ago
WASHINGTON – NASA could put a man on the moon but didn't have the  
sense to keep the original video of the live TV transmission.
In an embarrassing acknowledgment, the space agency said Thursday that  
it must have erased the Apollo 11 moon footage years ago so that it  
could reuse the videotape."
Best,
Park

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On Jul 16, 2009, at 7:24 AM, Ted Langdell wrote:

> From NPR:
>
> Morning Edition, 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
>
> 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
>
> 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
>
> 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
>
> Ted
>
> Ted Langdell
> Secretary
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> e-mail:	ted at quadvideotapegroup.com
>
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