Lost Moon-Landing Tape Recovered, Restored

esome writes: "Video clips of American astronauts bouncing around on the moon will never get old as far as I'm concerned. Now we've got one more to drool over thanks to Kipp Teague who has worked hard to archive Apollo stuff on his site. The BBC has an article on it here."

Comments

The moon -- a ridiculous liberal myth

[Anonymous Coward]

It amazes me that so many allegedly "educated" people have fallen so quickly and so hard for a fraudulent fabrication of such laughable proportions. The very idea that a gigantic ball of rock happens to orbit our planet, showing itself in neat, four-week cycles -- with the same side facing us all the time -- is ludicrous. Furthermore, it is an insult to common sense and a damnable affront to intellectual honesty and integrity. That people actually believe it is evidence that the liberals have wrested the last vestiges of control of our public school system from decent, God-fearing Americans (as if any further evidence was needed! Daddy's Roommate? God Almighty!)

Documentaries such as Enemy of the State have accurately portrayed the elaborate, byzantine network of surveillance satellites that the liberals have sent into space to spy on law-abiding Americans. Equipped with technology developed by Handgun Control, Inc., these satellites have the ability to detect firearms from hundreds of kilometers up. That's right, neighbors .. the next time you're out in the backyard exercising your Second Amendment rights, the liberals will see it! These satellites are sensitive enough to tell the difference between a Colt .45 and a .38 Special! And when they detect you with a firearm, their computers cross-reference the address to figure out your name, and then an enormous database housed at Berkeley is updated with information about you.

Of course, this all works fine during the day, but what about at night? Even the liberals can't control the rotation of the Earth to prevent nightfall from setting in (only Joshua was able to ask for that particular favor!) That's where the "moon" comes in. Powered by nuclear reactors, the "moon" is nothing more than an enormous balloon, emitting trillions of candlepower of gun-revealing light. Piloted by key members of the liberal community, the "moon" is strategically moved across the country, pointing out those who dare to make use of their God-given rights at night!

Yes, I know this probably sounds paranoid and preposterous, but consider this. Despite what the revisionist historians tell you, there is no mention of the "moon" anywhere in literature or historical documents -- anywhere -- before 1950. That is when it was initially launched. When President Josef Kennedy, at the State of the Union address, proclaimed "We choose to go to the moon", he may as well have said "We choose to go to the weather balloon." The subsequent faking of a "moon" landing on national TV was the first step in a long history of the erosion of our constitutional rights by leftists in this country. No longer can we hide from our government when the sun goes down.

Great Recordings

[CleverNickName]

This audio is just amazing...in a week filled with despair and sadness, it's a welcome break to hear something so optimistic and uplifting. It reminds me of this record set I had when I was in college, called "I can hear it now". It was a 3 or 4 LP set of important events that happened in the 60s, narrated by Walter Cronkite. It had the "We choose to go to the moon" speech, the assassination of JFK, MLK, lots of stuff from Vietnam...but the thing that I played over and over again were the recordings from the Apollo missions. Something about that *beep* and the courage in their voices...the sense that I get, just from listening to them talk, was that every one of those men knew they were doing something incredible. I'm really glad this story got posted.

Listen to a piece of history (the rescued tape).

[antdude]

In case people overlook the audio link on BBC's link (top right), you can listen to the rescued tape (direct link to RealPlayer. To me, it sounds very good! The first few minutes is blank/static, but the fun part begins after that. The whole audio is about 10:51.3 minutes. :)