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One giant blunder for mankind: how NASA lost moon pictures
Sydney Morning Herald ^
| August 5, 2006
| Richard Macey
Posted on 08/05/2006 3:50:29 PM PDT by nnn0jeh
THE heart-stopping moments when Neil Armstrong took his first tentative steps onto another world are defining images of the 20th century: grainy, fuzzy, unforgettable.
But just 37 years after Apollo 11, it is feared the magnetic tapes that recorded the first moon walk - beamed to the world via three tracking stations, including Parkes's famous "Dish" - have gone missing at NASA's Goddard Space Centre in Maryland.
A desperate search has begun amid concerns the tapes will disintegrate to dust before they can be found.
It is not widely known that the Apollo 11 television broadcast from the moon was a high-quality transmission, far sharper than the blurry version relayed instantly to the world on that July day in 1969.
Among those battling to unscramble the mystery is John Sarkissian, a CSIRO scientist stationed at Parkes for a decade. "We are working on the assumption they still exist," Mr Sarkissian told the Herald.
"Your guess is a good as mine as to where they are."
(Excerpt) Read more at smh.com.au ...
TOPICS: Government; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: apollo11; missing; moon; nasa; space
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posted on
08/05/2006 3:50:30 PM PDT
by
nnn0jeh
To: nnn0jeh
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posted on
08/05/2006 3:52:06 PM PDT
by
oxcart
(Journalism [Sic])
To: nnn0jeh
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posted on
08/05/2006 3:52:34 PM PDT
by
Ready4Freddy
(Sophomore dies in kiln explosion? Oh My God! I just talked to her last week...)
To: oxcart
no human ever set foot on the moon anyways.
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posted on
08/05/2006 3:52:52 PM PDT
by
se_ohio_young_conservative
(If you love peace more than you love freedom, you are bound to be left hopeless with neither one)
To: se_ohio_young_conservative
Wow, uh - not real sure what to say to that except, "you could try to be more wrong, but you would fail. Miserably."
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posted on
08/05/2006 3:54:33 PM PDT
by
Palmetto
To: kstewskis; Victoria Delsoul
How did they ever find the moon? ; )
To: se_ohio_young_conservative
Sniff, sniff do I smell ozone?
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posted on
08/05/2006 3:55:15 PM PDT
by
oxcart
(Journalism [Sic])
To: Palmetto
LOL...
I have educated colleagues who believe the moon landing was a hoax.
Oye Vay!
To: Palmetto
LOL...
I have educated colleagues who believe the moon landing was a hoax.
Oye Vay!
To: Northern Yankee
I have educated colleagues who believe the moon landing was a hoax. Oh, damn. Well, you win - with your "educated colleagues," and all. That's some pretty tuff shizzle to refute right there now, them "educated colleagues."
As an aside, do you have any idea where I can find me some educated colleagues?
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posted on
08/05/2006 3:59:00 PM PDT
by
Palmetto
To: Palmetto
The studios of 20th Century Fox were just that unique. LOL
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posted on
08/05/2006 4:01:46 PM PDT
by
se_ohio_young_conservative
(If you love peace more than you love freedom, you are bound to be left hopeless with neither one)
To: nnn0jeh
I was there first...Al Gore
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posted on
08/05/2006 4:04:19 PM PDT
by
Don Corleone
(Leave the gun..take the cannoli)
To: se_ohio_young_conservative
Right.
So, about loaning me some "educated colleagues." Preferrably, they would start no later than end of next week. That cool?
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posted on
08/05/2006 4:04:52 PM PDT
by
Palmetto
To: Palmetto
I think the "educated colleagues" comment was actually in support of your position, my friend.
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posted on
08/05/2006 4:06:25 PM PDT
by
Thrusher
("...there is no peace without victory.")
To: Thrusher
I think the "educated colleagues" comment was actually in support of your position, my friend. I do seriously need some colleagues who are educated. You sound educated. You need a new career? I can help you out....
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posted on
08/05/2006 4:08:41 PM PDT
by
Palmetto
To: se_ohio_young_conservative
no human ever set foot on the moon anyways.
You've watched Capricorn One too many times.
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posted on
08/05/2006 4:10:43 PM PDT
by
Man50D
(Fair Tax You earn it . You keep it!)
To: Man50D
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posted on
08/05/2006 4:11:12 PM PDT
by
se_ohio_young_conservative
(If you love peace more than you love freedom, you are bound to be left hopeless with neither one)
To: oxcart
One giant blunder for mankind: how NASA lost moon pictures
Hopefully NASA won't lose the Moon.
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posted on
08/05/2006 4:11:26 PM PDT
by
Man50D
(Fair Tax You earn it . You keep it!)
To: Thrusher
I think the "educated colleagues" comment was actually in support of your position, my friend. Thanks for the heads up. I suspected as much though, hence the levity.
Otherwise, I would have been left with no choice but to post a photo of my arse with a fly on it, hence proving the - oh, never mind. Back to the booze.
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posted on
08/05/2006 4:13:09 PM PDT
by
Palmetto
To: se_ohio_young_conservative
i am joking FRiends Clearly we have won you over.
Congrats to us!!! W0000000t!
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posted on
08/05/2006 4:14:26 PM PDT
by
Palmetto
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