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by tychomaz 2553 days ago
But where is the telemetry data? Oh it got all erased. Every single tape. Whoops.
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jazzyjackson 2553 days ago
According to NASA there was a magnetic tape shortage. What, you've never taped over a VHS before? xD

https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/Apollo_11_TV_Tapes_Report.p...

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datenwolf 2553 days ago
> What, you've never taped over a VHS before?

Well, actually…

I think I have only one or two VHS tapes, being the equivalent of /tmp. yes "have"; I still have all the tapes I recorded neatly organized and mothballed in boxes, and except for that two particular tapes I can not recall of overwriting any other.

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otabdeveloper2 2553 days ago
What's a little thing like telemetry data compared with a stunning achievement for humanity like a photo of an American flag on the Moon, amirite?
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