express.co.uk — Ecstatic space officials at NASA could be about to unveil one of their most stunning discoveries for 40 years ? new and amazingly clear footage of the first moon landing.The release of the new images next month could be one of the most talked about events of the summer.
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rogerstrongJun 29, 2009
Keep in mind that the moon landings were a rush job on a shrinking budget. Funding was slashed and Saturn V production capped even before the first moon landing. Apollo coasted through the moon landings with what hardware was already in the pipeline. The last moon landings were cancelled.So with a deluge of video and higher-resolution photographs coming back from the moon, no plans were made for what had already been relayed as standard video from Australia. More importantly, no money was budgeted for it.And if there were, what would you transfer it TO? This wasn't the 2000's where anyone could play video in any resolution - the choices were standard definition video, standard definition video, and standard definition video. And they already had that.btw, a similar case where just getting the job done won over keeping history, is the lack of pictures of Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, on the moon. Since Armstrong was first out and had the camera, all the pictures are of Aldrin. This likely would have been different if anyone had thought of it at the time.
Closed AccountJun 29, 2009
Thanks.
fubemanJul 1, 2009
Exactly!!!! I don't care if they had budget, no budget or if they had to go through 22 processes to get it on tape. At the end of the day, someone LOST THESE f**kING TAPES! Geesh! We have have people guarding Oscar nominations with security like the secret service for over 50 years but the only video of MAN WALKING ON THE MOON we treat like something as important as a Post it Note? What do you think was the conversation like in discussing this when it came up?"Nasa guy #1: "So, what kind of measures should we take in making sure the video of this gets captured and stored correctly? Should we send somebody down to Australia to make sure it gets done properly?"Nasa guy #2:"Nah! I'm sure it'll get done. Don't sweat it. We'll worry about that later."
esc27Jul 2, 2009
Some of the most significant video footage ever filmed. Can't wait to see it.
s1ngular1ty1Jul 13, 2009
Um, they didn't lose it. It was broadcast to TVs all around the world. It's not like if they had an high resolution copy it would have made a difference to anyone at the time. Remember, TVs back then sucked and so the best you could hope for was a crappy standard definition image.That is more than likely why they didn't care if they had the original footage at the time. The rebroadcast footage was good enough. But fast forward to today, and people would like to see the original footage since we have much better equipment to view it on now. That is why NASA is now looking for it. Specifically to celebrate the 40th anniversary.
Closed AccountJul 14, 2009
"your a retard" = you're a retard.......please pass 2nd grade english before attempting to come on digg.also, d0gbone - go shove a line of barbed wire down you're - i mean your - urethra. thanks.
mrpatriotmanJul 17, 2009
Thats not what I'm hearing and its from the AP<a class="user" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090717/ap_on_sc/us_sci_moon_video">http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090717/ap_on_sc/us_sc ...</a>NASA lost moon footage, but Hollywood restores it - Yahoo! News
crashingechelonJul 18, 2009
The same way some people record over their wedding videos. Well use to, now with DVDs you just have to worry about dropping it behind the couch.
Closed AccountJul 19, 2009
You give way more credit to the government than they deserve.