The erased tape was a shame. And yes, they walked on the moon.
Well, it’s unfortunate I guess.
I’m watching historic tapes of CBS coverage of Apollo 8 with Uncle Walter, upon arrival to the moon they beamed the first live TV broadcast coverage of the moon and earth through the command module windows. It was pretty bad, basically a bright smudge on a grainy screen.
“LIVE PICTURE OF MOON FROM SPACECRAFT” I guess we had to take their word for it at the time.
I know they didn’t fake it, because it was so bad! “Bill, put the polarizer filter on....”. Uh-oh that’s worse. “OK Bill, take the polarizer off...” “Ok now move the camera a little to the left. No, your other left.... that’s it ... right there!!”
LOL