1966 Lunar Orbiter image tapes rescued in LA Times: via AmpexFR-900

[Jim Brain]

Dan Roganti wrote:
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> Pontus wrote:
>> I'm waking up an old thread here, but this sounds like related and good
>> news:
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>> http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/110442/WORLD-EXCLUSIVE-NASA-finds-missing-moon-landing-tapes 
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>> Not sure how reliable that is, but I hope it is :)
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> There's a nice movie about the Parkes Observatory in Australia and the 
> Apollo moon landing, "The Dish", 2000. They went into great detail in 
> using the original equipment,

A very enjoyable film, I would add.  Although the generator issue in the 
film is a fabrication, Parkes did indeed battle extreme winds to catch 
the signal and hold it. 

Jim