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Originally Posted by cosmicdave
So putting your post into context, you believe that the original Apollo tapes are no more worthy of being kept than episodes of Dr Who?
The big difference between your examples and the original magnetic tapes is that the ones available today were firstly scan converted, and then filmed off a small TV set. They were then sent by either landline, satellite or microwave relays to Houston, before being released to the TV companies. The degredation that occured by using that process produced far inferior quality footage than the original SSTV ones.
The TV pictures are a lot darker, which was because the contrast was turned down too low when the camera was placed in front of the TV that was showing the pictures from the Moon. So, the supposed 'similar quality' tapes that you say are available are anything but.
As regards to an investigator being allowed to see those original tapes, I highly doubt it.
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Putting my post into context: Tapes which many people consider the highest importance go missing/get re-used/get misplaced _all the time_.
The HUGE difference you seem to have missed between Dr Who and Apollo 11 material is that the Dr Who material really is completely lost in many cases. That means there is no inch of footage (be it filmed off a TV screen, an old NTSC Betamax or whathaveyou) that exists anymore. It truly is lost. The Apollo 11 transmissions exist as copies in their entirity.
I'm glad you posted the two pictures for comparison. If the Apollo 11 tapes are truly "missing" as you claim, where did the frame grabs (not the polaroids) come from? We see those pictures here on this board because someone grabbed the images from the video record WHICH STILL EXISTS.
Lastly why did you not bother to properly read my post? I clearly stated the TCN-9 Sydney footage (and the ABC footage) which were taken directly from HSK. That tape looks very similar to the SSTV photos. It's not my problem that you haven't researched the issue properly. Those tapes also still exist. That means they aren't missing.
I cannot speak for NASA's apparent sloppy record keeping. I can't tell you why the Goldstone feed is used for the ladder descent. I hazard to guess it was easier to use the GDS footage for archiving than to pickup a tape halfway across the world. But I can tell you that clearer footage does exist (ie is not missing) of the moonwalk. I can also tell you that the footage exists from the point Buzz activate the TV circuit breaker.
Can you clarify for us all here how you think Apollo 11 is missing any footage of the moonwalk?