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The original recordings of the first humans landing on the moon 40 years ago were erased and re-used, but newly restored copies of the original broadcast look even better, NASA officials said on Thursday.
NASA released the first glimpses of a complete digital make-over of the original landing footage that clarifies the blurry and grainy images of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walking on the surface of the moon.
The full set of recordings, being cleaned up by Burbank, California-based Lowry Digital, will be released in September. The preview is available at www.nasa.gov.
NASA admitted in 2006 that no one could find the original video recordings of the July 20, 1969, landing.
[Editors Note: The link provided in the article takes you to the NASA homepage. This link will take you direct to the HD previews of the Apollo 11 moonwalks.]
(Score: 3, Funny) by PartTimeZombie on Thursday November 19 2015, @01:25AM
It's a bit harsh to blame NASA for wiping the tapes. This seems to have been SOP in those days. The lost Dr. Who episodes worries me more.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by nitehawk214 on Thursday November 19 2015, @02:00AM
They were aware at the time that they were doing the greatest journey in the history of mankind. One would think they could have spared a couple of shelves for the film.
"Don't you ever miss the days when you used to be nostalgic?" -Loiosh
(Score: 5, Funny) by isostatic on Thursday November 19 2015, @02:14AM
Sure, that's true for doctor who, but for the moon landing?
(Score: 0, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 19 2015, @02:58AM
You mean the moon "landing" that is about as real as "the doctor" or even the "moon"? That moon "landing"?
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Wootery on Thursday November 19 2015, @04:23AM
Gah, looks like even the morons have jumped-ship from /.
The most concise way to crush your absurd conspiracy-theory is this:
If the moon landing was faked, that means the Russians (who were watching closely) were playing along too, which essentially means you're claiming the entire Cold War was faked.
And if you're seriously suggesting that, you're lost beyond hope.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 19 2015, @03:39PM
I'm sorry you feel that way. But I personally really like this type of satire. It pokes fun of no-one really other than the poster, if you think he is genuine, and the boogey man of the all powerful shadow government, thus makes it for very light humor with no one insulted. I enjoyed such jokes at the green site, and I'm glad it has cross pollinated here as well.
Thou GPP's comment is slightly funnier.
(Score: 2) by Wootery on Saturday November 21 2015, @08:32AM
There's a fine line between satire and moronic trolling. When it's an AC, I assume it's a moron.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Tork on Thursday November 19 2015, @05:07AM
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 19 2015, @08:19AM
Person can read and write, yet seems to doubt the existence of the moon. I would say there's a 51% chance it's satire.
(Score: 2) by The Archon V2.0 on Thursday November 19 2015, @03:25PM
I don't know, after seeing some people on Youtube who have a borderline grasp of English (thus can read and write... sort of) yet still make video after video on the moon being fake, there being multiple suns the government is hiding with chemtrails, planes being demons, 9/11 being a Satanic conspiracy theory....
But then, I should stop talking about monroee22877 and make fun of someone else.
(Score: 1) by idetuxs on Thursday November 19 2015, @02:47PM
quoting the "moon" gave it up.
(Score: 1) by nitehawk214 on Thursday November 19 2015, @03:10PM
Do not watch this [youtube.com] if you are prone to brain aneurysms.
"Don't you ever miss the days when you used to be nostalgic?" -Loiosh
(Score: 2) by isostatic on Thursday November 19 2015, @08:51PM
Well of course we know the moon is a liberal myth
(Score: 2) by frojack on Thursday November 19 2015, @03:02AM
Yeah, but the weren't erased right then, but years later lumped in with 200,000 other reels.
These days, they would have immediately been plopped in gold film cans, sealed in the presence of armed guards, and whisked off to the Smithsonian in an armored vehicle.
Those were simpler times.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Wootery on Thursday November 19 2015, @04:26AM
But storing a master copy means far less today than it did back then.
It's absurd that they didn't think to take good care of that tape.
It's a black eye for NASA, but not a huge one - the footage isn't lost forever, just the original tapes.
(Score: 5, Funny) by davester666 on Thursday November 19 2015, @03:08AM
They just went back to the original soundstage and made new master tapes...
(Score: 2) by ticho on Thursday November 19 2015, @03:34PM
They merely needed to remaster it so that Han did not shoot first anymore. Oh wait, wrong footage...
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Thursday November 19 2015, @05:46PM
They just went back to the original soundstage and made new master tapes...
Yah! I can't wait for all the new lens flare!!
(Score: 2) by mhajicek on Thursday November 19 2015, @04:47AM
Well they had to edit out the call to arms against the Silence before re-releasing the moon landing tapes.
The spacelike surfaces of time foliations can have a cusp at the surface of discontinuity. - P. Hajicek