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"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."

That is a great story. 4 years were spent by some of the best minds around building a tv camera to withstand the rigors of space and landing on the moon. What those engineers forgot to take into account was their camera being compatible with the tv transmission technology of 1969. It turns out the moon camera WAS NOT compatible. Live transmissions could not be transmitted over the airwaves into the homes of those watching. It was ONLY realized as those wonderful pictures were being watched at Mission Control. Live television only received static. One of the REAL smart engineers ran down the hall and grabbed a regular tv camera an tripod and set it up in front of the Mission Control monitor screen. That is what we all saw on that July evening in 1969. A picture of a picture!!!

I visited the office at RCA where the camera was cobbled together, right after the moon landing. Talked to some of the engineers.
They were walking a foot off the ground.