Fri, Jul 17th, 2009
Washington DC - We've all done it - taped over our wedding video, or our childrens' first steps. But those tapes weren't of international importance.
NASA, on the other hand, has now had to admit that it taped over the Apollo 11 moon footage years ago, possibly with shots of school sports day. Forty-five tapes were apparently erased and reused during a shortage in the 1970s and 80s.
But at least what's left will now be a bit easier to see. A three-year search for the missing tapes did manage to unearth a few scraps in a box in the attic, alongside Auntie Mabel's best fur tippet.
Related stories from top sites:
RJ Eskow: The Moon and Health Reform
Jul 17th, 2009 - The Huffington Post
Yesterday we celebrated the 40th anniversary of the moon landing. What else? Oh, right. More pundits and politicians told us that meaningful health reform was impossible...
A Huge New Blot on Jupiter, Found By an Amateur
Jul 17th, 2009 - New York Times
NASA has confirmed the discovery of a new hole the size of the Earth in Jupiter's atmosphere, apparently showing that the planet was hit by something large in recent days...
Armstrong recalls moon landing
Jul 17th, 2009 - CNN
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The first man on the moon marked the 40th anniversary of his historic achievement with characteristic understatement Monday, calling the program that put him on the lunar surface "a good thing to do.
Apollo 11 astronauts meet President Obama as part of 40th anniversary of first moon landing
Jul 17th, 2009 - StarTribune.com
WASHINGTON - Hailing the Apollo 11 astronauts as "three American heroes," President Barack Obama says exploration spurs ingenuity and inspires students in math and science.
Your Apollo Anniversary Experience
Jul 17th, 2009 - Wired.com
You can't say NASA hasn't capitalized on the Apollo 11 anniversary. The agency has literally gone hog wild with all the ways you can celebrate the moon landing, which happened 40 years ago on July 20...
Related videos from YouTube:
- First Moon Landing 1969The video of the very first moon landing of the apollo 11 mission in 1969! Neil Armstrong was the first man to set foot on the moon with his now legenday words "One small step for man, a giant leap for mankind ...
- First Moon Landing: NASA...news.sky.com It has been 40 years since man first walked on the moon. Ahead of the anniversary, NASA has revealed newly restored video of the historic landing by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin ...
- Landing on the Moon :July 20, 1969Go For Landing on the Moon LunarLanding July 20, 1969 4:18 pm EDT Sea of Tranquillity spaceflight.nasa.gov
- Proof of moon landing hoax!Intended as a joke!! By putting a funny side on the seriousness of the moon landing ......If you believe Apollo was a fake, can use this as a sample of what you think could have been done ...
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NASA and X Prize Announce Winners of Lunar Lander Challenge
NASA will award $1.65 million in prize money Thursday to a pair of innovative aerospace companies that successfully simulated landing a spacecraft on the moon and lifting off again.(Space)
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NASA is set to launch its next-generation rocket, Ares I, at 8 a.m. ET on Oct. 27 from Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center. The Ares, if modified, could return astronauts to the Moon, land them on asteroids, and on Mars. Godspeed! Logged in Doomwatch Legacy by Sunstroke author David Kagan.(Space)
irishjamieMon, Oct 26th, 20094 Diggs, 0 CommentsNo plume, but a firehose of data from NASA moon bombing
Early this morning, NASA's LCROSS mission sent hardware crashing into a crater on the Moon's south pole in the hope that the debris plume would carry signs of water. So far, it looks like the probe landed on a big comfy pillow given the lack of a big plume of debris, but NASA's confident that it has lots of quality data to sift through.(Space)
perfect007Sat, Oct 10th, 200965 Diggs, 1 Comments
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