Changes: Apollo 11 Moon Landing (Lost 1969 Original SSTV Master Tape Footage)

Revision as of 14:56, 26 April 2014

On July 20, 1969, the Apollo 11 landing capsule with its crew of two astronauts, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, touched down on the moon. The footage has become world famous and will be preserved, most likely, for the entire future of human history as one of the most significant achievements of the species. Therefore it is strange, and not known generally by the public, that NASA has lost their original Super-8 tapes of the event.

The journey and landing of Apollo 11 was filmed by the astronauts that went on said mission: Armstrong, Aldrin and Michael Collins. The experience was recorded on high-quality Super-8 cameras and was broadcast live back to Earth. After the mission returned successfully, NASA archived the raw original footage as one would expect, but at some point, and no-one has any idea when, the footage was either taped over or misplaced. All recorded footage of the Apollo 11 landing that we see today are low-quality copies of the footage as broadcast to television stations around the world. No copies of the original footage exist.

The loss of the Apollo 11 footage has done nothing to quell persistent conspiracy theories claiming that the moon landings were an elaborate hoax and that the footage was filmed in a studio. However, footage from the subsequent missions of Apollos 12-17 have been successfully retained by NASA and as such are available in much higher quality than the Apollo 11 footage. This fact should put to rest any claims that NASA 'conveniently lost' the footage to prevent close analysis of the film, as subsequent landing footage is available for analysis in high quality.

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 On July 20, 1969, the '''Apollo 11''' landing capsule with its crew of two astronauts, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, touched down on the moon. The footage has become world famous and will be preserved, most likely, for the entire future of human history as one of the most significant achievements of the species. Therefore it is strange, and not known generally by the public, that NASA has lost their original Super-8 tapes of the event.
-The journey and landing of Apollo 11 was filmed by the astronauts, Armstrong, Aldrin and Michael Collins on high-quality Super-8 cameras and was broadcast live back to Earth. After the mission returned successfully, NASA archived the raw original footage as one would expect, but at some point, and no-one has any idea when, the footage was either taped over or misplaced. All recorded footage of the Apollo 11 landing that we see today are low-quality copies of the footage as broadcast to television stations around the world. No copies of the original footage exist.
+The journey and landing of Apollo 11 was filmed by the astronauts that went on said mission: Armstrong, Aldrin and Michael Collins. The experience was recorded on high-quality Super-8 cameras and was broadcast live back to Earth. After the mission returned successfully, NASA archived the raw original footage as one would expect, but at some point, and no-one has any idea when, the footage was either taped over or misplaced. All recorded footage of the Apollo 11 landing that we see today are low-quality copies of the footage as broadcast to television stations around the world. No copies of the original footage exist.
 The loss of the Apollo 11 footage has done nothing to quell persistent conspiracy theories claiming that the moon landings were an elaborate hoax and that the footage was filmed in a studio. However, footage from the subsequent missions of Apollos 12-17 have been successfully retained by NASA and as such are available in much higher quality than the Apollo 11 footage. This fact should put to rest any claims that NASA 'conveniently lost' the footage to prevent close analysis of the film, as subsequent landing footage is available for analysis in high quality.