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Re:Apollo 11 in Real Time by tychomaz on Saturday June 15, 2019 @11:52PM (#20193754)
But where is the telemetry data? Oh it got all erased. Every single tape. Whoops.
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Re:Apollo 11 in Real Time by jazzyjackson on Sunday June 16, 2019 @02:28AM (#20194134)
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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Re:Apollo 11 in Real Time by datenwolf on Sunday June 16, 2019 @08:01AM (#20195064)
> 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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Re:Apollo 11 in Real Time by otabdeveloper2 on Sunday June 16, 2019 @05:48AM (#20194717)
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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