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: 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
🏳️🌈 Proud Ally 🏳️🌈
(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