Kathleen30
Kathleen30
- Jun 2, 2025
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Herman me did read the 17 page document with retirees from Australia pushed back into active service in pursuit of the missing Apollo 11 data From the searches through the Parkes Observatory and honeysuckle creek along with the Australian Archives and news media they did recover a news reel of the Apollo landings but nothing of the originals. As seems all the reels from Australia were sent back to NASA not long after the event. And so for the next 8 yrs searching with NASA through many climatic leads that always seemed to always end in rather unclimatic dead ends in pursuit for the reels. It was than discovered with further research that NASA had decided to recycle the reels due to a shortage in supply of that particular reel in the 80 ‘s. Even if was a national treasure they had just destroyed. There certainly wasn’t much forethought put into the decision or maybe there was. Thank you for insight it pretty well backs up what others have said NASA destroyed the reels themselvesFor anyone interested, here's the official NASA report on what happened to the Apollo 11 telemetry data and why it isn't available anymore (spoiler: the tapes were recycled in the 1970s). https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/static/history/alsj/a11/Apollo_11_TV_Tapes_Report.pdf
And here's the Australian Honeysuckle Creek site that is referenced a lot in the document above. A Tribute to Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station
And a direct link to the Apollo 11 TV pages: Apollo 11 TV
Enjoy.
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Bye bye to all & God bless.