NASA tapes over moon landing, oops.

2009-07-19 19:46:08

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AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6391|what

NASA lost moon footage, but Hollywood restores it

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 acknowledgement, the space agency said Thursday that it must have erased the Apollo 11 moon footage years ago so that it could reuse the videotape.

But now Hollywood is coming to the rescue.

The studio wizards who restored "Casablanca" are digitally sharpening and cleaning up the ghostly, grainy footage of the moon landing, making it even better than what TV viewers saw on July 20, 1969. They are doing it by working from four copies that NASA scrounged from around the world.

Source (worth reading the whole article btw)

So, what was so important that they would tape over the original moon landing footage?

2009-07-19 19:56:53

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Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|5940|College Park, MD

Roswell

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2009-07-19 20:10:40

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Reciprocity: Member; +721|6819|the dank(super) side of Oregon

AussieReaper wrote:
So, what was so important that they would tape over the original moon landing footage?

Seinfeld finale.

2009-07-19 20:11:15

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jsnipy: ...; +3,277|6761|...

kennuh gedduh dub?

2009-07-19 20:37:21

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Deadmonkiefart: Floccinaucinihilipilificator; +177|6944

Reciprocity wrote:
AussieReaper wrote:
So, what was so important that they would tape over the original moon landing footage?
Seinfeld finale.

Obviously

2009-07-19 20:46:32

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Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6839|132 and Bush

Meh, we've seen the important stuff countless times already.

Nafzger, who was in charge of the live TV recordings back in the Apollo years, said they were mostly thought of as data tapes. It wasn't his job to preserve history, he said, just to make sure the footage worked. In retrospect, he said he wished NASA hadn't reused the tapes.

That pretty much sums it up. They've been promoting this restored footage for over a month on the discovery channel. This restoration isn't exactly late breaking news.

http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/when-we … th-apollo/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owbQOlMoDjs&fmt=22
I don't think they said, "Hey this is more important, let's record over some of the Apollo 11 mission". More like "The highlights have been broadcast to billions of people already, we can use this tape".

Still, the originals would have been nice.

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2009-07-19 21:18:27

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AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6391|what

They are not restoring the originals,

The restoration used four video sources: CBS News originals; kinescopes from the National Archives; a video from Australia that received the transmission of the original moon video; and camera shots of a TV monitor.

The quality would have been much easier using the originals too, but they didn't even know where the originals were and had to start searching three years ago...

Nafzger said a huge search that began three years ago for the old moon tapes led to the "inescapable conclusion" that 45 tapes of Apollo 11 video were erased and reused. His report on that will come out in a few weeks.

Even just a backup of the originals would have been nice. lol

2009-07-19 21:47:39

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Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6839|132 and Bush

They landed five other times.. we've seen the good stuff. Really we have.

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2009-07-19 22:12:49

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Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|5940|College Park, MD

Kmarion wrote:
They landed five other times.. we've seen the good stuff. Really we have.

http://i35.tinypic.com/anoumx.jpg

there aren't any stars i call shenanigans

2009-07-19 22:25:45

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S.Lythberg: Mastermind; +429|6685|Chicago, IL

Hurricane2k9 wrote:
Kmarion wrote:
They landed five other times.. we've seen the good stuff. Really we have.

http://i35.tinypic.com/anoumx.jpg
there aren't any stars i call shenanigans

You try to get a star in a shot with a few mega joules of sunlight pouring down.

2009-07-19 22:26:09

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Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|5940|College Park, MD

S.Lythberg wrote:
Hurricane2k9 wrote:
Kmarion wrote:
They landed five other times.. we've seen the good stuff. Really we have.

http://i35.tinypic.com/anoumx.jpg
there aren't any stars i call shenanigans
You try to get a star in a shot with a few mega joules of sunlight pouring down.

I was joking mah nigga

2009-07-19 22:27:20

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S.Lythberg: Mastermind; +429|6685|Chicago, IL

Hurricane2k9 wrote:
S.Lythberg wrote:
Hurricane2k9 wrote:

there aren't any stars i call shenanigans
You try to get a star in a shot with a few mega joules of sunlight pouring down.
I was joking mah nigga

some people do believe that crap though ;-)

2009-07-19 22:30:03

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Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6839|132 and Bush

S.Lythberg wrote:
Hurricane2k9 wrote:
S.Lythberg wrote:

You try to get a star in a shot with a few mega joules of sunlight pouring down.
I was joking mah nigga
some people do believe that crap though ;-)

Certainly no photographers.

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2009-07-19 22:33:51

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S.Lythberg: Mastermind; +429|6685|Chicago, IL

Kmarion wrote:
S.Lythberg wrote:
Hurricane2k9 wrote:

I was joking mah nigga
some people do believe that crap though ;-)
Certainly no photographers.

It's hard enough getting a picture of the stars at night

2009-07-19 22:49:18

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Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6839|132 and Bush

S.Lythberg wrote:
Kmarion wrote:
S.Lythberg wrote:
some people do believe that crap though ;-)
Certainly no photographers.
It's hard enough getting a picture of the stars at night

Shiz, I know..(lots of noise)

lil dipper in thar.. shuttle on the pad to the right.

I cheat sometimes though..

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2009-07-19 22:52:15

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blademaster: I'm moving to Brazil; +2,075|6884

Kmarion wrote:
S.Lythberg wrote:
Kmarion wrote:

Certainly no photographers.
It's hard enough getting a picture of the stars at night
Shiz, I know..(lots of noise)

http://i29.tinypic.com/a4n5ac.jpg
lil dipper in thar.. shuttle on the pad to the right.

I cheat sometimes though..
http://i32.tinypic.com/2ib2j6e.jpg

but yeah thought they faked the moon landing

2009-07-19 22:52:56

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S.Lythberg: Mastermind; +429|6685|Chicago, IL

lucky, here's what I've got to work with here:

https://farm1.static.flickr.com/61/212916043_7895484234.jpg

2009-07-19 22:53:17

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13/f/taiwan: Member; +940|5937

blademaster wrote:
Kmarion wrote:
S.Lythberg wrote:

It's hard enough getting a picture of the stars at night
Shiz, I know..(lots of noise)

http://i29.tinypic.com/a4n5ac.jpg
lil dipper in thar.. shuttle on the pad to the right.

I cheat sometimes though..
http://i32.tinypic.com/2ib2j6e.jpg
but yeah thought they faked the moon landing

Did you mean though*? If so then that sentence would of made more sense with the extra 't'.

2009-07-20 03:35:52

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Freke1: I play at night... mostly; +47|6785|the best galaxy

blademaster wrote:
but yeah thought they faked the moon landing

if one watch some of the 'fake moon landing' videos one might conclude that,
but if one watch all the thousands of pictures taken on the moon (available on the net) any doubt disappears quickly.

https://bf3s.com/sigs/7d11696e2ffd4edeff06466095e98b0fab37462c.png

2009-07-20 03:46:56

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Cheez: Herman is a warmaphrodite; +1,027|6677|King Of The Islands

NASA needs to read up on that snazzy black tab on the front of the tape.

My state was founded by Batman. Your opinion is invalid.

2009-07-20 04:05:44

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Zefar: Member; +116|6888|Sweden

Well this will make those conspiracy nuts claim it never happen even more.

Still they was there and took a lot of rocks back and such.

Both Bullshit and Mythbuster have proved them wrong.

2009-07-20 04:07:12

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FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6738|so randum

Im thankful i live in the country, i can actually see the stars at night

Small hourglass island
Always raining and foggy
Use an umbrella

2009-07-20 04:12:10

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Ioan92: Member; +337|5961

SEEE I HAS TOLD U IT WAS FAKED

*tinfoil hat*

2009-07-20 09:03:36

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Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6839|132 and Bush

FatherTed wrote:
Im thankful i live in the country, i can actually see the stars at night

http://www.flickr.com/photos/25887127@N07/2759261142/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewandsarah/3578115276/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sleecali/3661726275/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/57695925@N00/2985962792/
Pretty much every state has great visibility in some areas. You just have to know where to go.

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2009-07-20 14:53:33

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Poseidon: Fudgepack DeQueef; +3,253|6776|Long Island, New York

I take Buzz Aldrin's approach: the moon is fucking boring. To Mars!

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