Originally posted by lukster
Well, yeah, but they are the ones to put a man on the moon. I would have thought they'd be refreshing these magnetic historical documents periodically to prevent their loss. They certainly should have been, at least the video of the touchdown and the first step.
Magnetic tapes that were used back then degrade so fast (within 10 years), they'd look like watermelon today if played. They still have other sources (copies, copies of copies) to utilize. So even if they FIND the originals, you'd hardly be able to tell what was contained on it anyways.
