Comments on: NASA Really Did Find Lost Tapes That Don’t Exist …

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:23:03 +0000

You’ll notice that I mention here:

http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/07/primitive_beings_walking_on_th.php

that my uncle was busy stealing cable signals. He lived at the time in the Adirondacks, and in the small town there was an experiment going on where cable was strung for people to use. In that area getting a signal was virtually impossible… it was either cable or nothing for TV.

So of course, when they strung a cable by the rectory house, the priests figured out how to get their own signal for free .

By: Netereyon

Netereyon — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:10:05 +0000

http://www.netereyon.com

By: Art

Art — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:59:02 +0000

Not explicitly mentioned but back in the early 70s virtually no one had cable TV. Just about everyone, if they could get any signal at all, got every thing from an antenna, either rabbit ears or an antenna stuck on top of the building. If you got four channels you counted yourself as lucky.

And yes, most of us were pretty happy to get any picture at all. Black and white with considerable amounts of snow and occasional interference were normal.

Makes sense to me that a lower quality signal would be broadcast because it wouldn’t make any difference in what showed up on screen.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:43:32 +0000

I remember staying up late to watch it on a B&W TV.
I think we had color TV by the time Nixon resigned.
Man, the world was quite mesmerized back then.

By: rob

rob — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:39:55 +0000

@Jason Thibeault:

nah. they didn’t want to reshoot with live actors. they had to wait until DARPA got the newest super computer online to create photo realistic CGI of the moon landing.

By: Spiv

Spiv — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:33:33 +0000

These are not the original “slow scan” images sent back to Aussie 40 years ago. These are, effectively, the best videos of the video screens taken by broadcasters in the mission control room. they will still be terrible compared to the real thing. I’m guessing they are “remastered” like light levels adjusted to pull the most detail out possible.

The originals are still lost. Apparently. Possibly destroyed even.

At least, that’s what I’m hearing around here. Not that KSC necessarily gets the latest and greatest on the rumor mill every time.

By: Badger3k

Badger3k — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:50:53 +0000

I can see it now – the deniers will be stressing the “remastered” parts. You know, where they photoshopped out the alien base, or edited in the effects to make it look like they were really on the moon instead of a soundstage.

But it will be interesting to watch what gets released. I was way too young to have any memory of the original landing.

By: Jason Thibeault

Jason Thibeault — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:17:01 +0000

I don’t see what the big deal is. All they’d have to do is go back to the sound studio and reshoot the scene, this time in high-definition digital.

Seriously, I hope something comes of this. Tired of having my chain yanked.