Re: One giant blunder for mankind: how NASA lost moon pictures

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I hate it when that happens.

Cheers,

Rich

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One giant blunder for mankind: how NASA lost moon pictures

Richard Macey
August 5, 2006

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.

On a related note, the Army not long ago had a surplus sale on stuff for
the Civil War that was discovered on the shelves of a warehouse.

The closing scene of Raiders of the Lost Ark is more accurate then a
lot of people would care to admit.

--
Jim Pennino

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