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NASA to Digitize its 50 Years of Photos and Films

Posted by samzenpus on from the a-lot-of-scanning dept.

Lucas123 writes "Putting the images and film online will allow NASA to more easily share and showcase its achievements, including photos from its Mars rover missions and from its manned and unmanned voyages to the Moon and beyond, according to Computerworld's Todd Weiss. Much of NASA's archived photos and film is currently divided up into more than 20 different imagery categories, making it hard to find specific images or archives unless a user knows exactly where it is. "Much of what is in the collection may be surprising when it is released," according to NASA spokesman Bob Jacobs."

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  1. Re:Anyone called... by cabinetsoft · · Score: 4, Funny

    Anyone called...Google yet?
    Yeh... got this on the other end "The frequency spectrum you have dialed hasn't been granted to us yet"
  2. Re:So? We finally get to see... by HalifaxRage · · Score: 1, Funny

    You've got it all wrong, man. The Americans went to the moon, right. But they were beaten by the Nazis. They got up there and found Adolf and his third Reich buddies who shot Kennedy from behind the knoll.

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  3. YES!!! by c6gunner · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Much of what is in the collection may be surprising when it is released," according to NASA spokesman Bob Jacobs."
    Finally! After all these years, they're FINALLY going to show us how they faked the moon landing!!!
    1. Re:YES!!! by r33per · · Score: 4, Funny

      they're FINALLY going to show us how they faked the moon landing!!! BONUS MATERIAL

      > Meet the film crew
      > Audio Commentary with Director of Photography
      > Deleted Scenes - inc. Alien Autopsy
      > Gag Reel
      > Cast Interviews
  4. categories by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "Much of NASA's archived photos and film is currently divided up into more than 20 different imagery categories"

    1. Things we know are lost.
    2. Things we know we had, but don't realize are lost.
    3. Things we forgot we had, and don't realize are lost.
    .....
    20. Various snapshots of the Blastoff-eve party (redacted).

  5. Re:Saturn V blueprints? by niteice · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't suppose the Russian government still has the blueprints for the N-1 lying around
    Maybe they do, but how are we supposed to replicate its shoddy construction and ensuing ability to explode at random moments?
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  6. Digitizing makes it easier to lose by alcmaeon · · Score: 2, Funny

    This should make it much easier for NASA to lose priceless historical data than having to lose hundreds of physical tapes. Losing all data will be just a reformat away now. They just have to remember to not back up which shouldn't be too hard.

  7. Re:So? We finally get to see... by H0D_G · · Score: 2, Funny

    Space Nazis are the most evil conspiracy ever! I blame them directly for the TV show big brother. pure evil!

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