Comments on: Apollo footage remastered! http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/22/apollo-footage-remastered/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:54:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Sorting Out Science » Blog Archive » Going looney http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/22/apollo-footage-remastered/#comment-42929 Sorting Out Science » Blog Archive » Going looney Fri, 03 Aug 2007 05:05:53 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/22/apollo-footage-remastered/#comment-42929 [...] Meanwhile, in a more consumer-oriented move, a Canadian space buff named Robert Godwin has created the first high definition transfers of Apollo video — and you can buy it on high definition DVD, and Blu-Ray Disc. Godwin’s local TV station has a brief blurb on the discs here, while Bad Astronomy chats about it here. [...] […] Meanwhile, in a more consumer-oriented move, a Canadian space buff named Robert Godwin has created the first high definition transfers of Apollo video — and you can buy it on high definition DVD, and Blu-Ray Disc. Godwin’s local TV station has a brief blurb on the discs here, while Bad Astronomy chats about it here. […]

]]> By: Astrolink [Global Edition] » Apollo fans rejoice! Super-hi-res images coming! | Latest astronomy news in 11 languages http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/22/apollo-footage-remastered/#comment-42922 Astrolink [Global Edition] » Apollo fans rejoice! Super-hi-res images coming! | Latest astronomy news in 11 languages Wed, 01 Aug 2007 16:26:01 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/22/apollo-footage-remastered/#comment-42922 [...] on the heels of the remastering of the Apollo movie footage comes the news that every photograph taken above and on the surface of the Moon is being rescanned [...] […] on the heels of the remastering of the Apollo movie footage comes the news that every photograph taken above and on the surface of the Moon is being rescanned […]

]]> By: Hank Roberts http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/22/apollo-footage-remastered/#comment-42924 Hank Roberts Wed, 25 Jul 2007 05:30:03 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/22/apollo-footage-remastered/#comment-42924 "One small stepfra man" is what he said --- "step fer uh man" -- it's a Southern thing. I had no problem understanding him. It's y'all out there who have trouble understanding we-uns. I had to learn to speak Midwest Standard to survive outside the South. But I tell you, boys, when the Highway Patrol pulls me over, I speak my native tongue. “One small stepfra man” is what he said — “step fer uh man” — it’s a Southern thing.

I had no problem understanding him.

It’s y’all out there who have trouble understanding we-uns.

I had to learn to speak Midwest Standard to survive outside the South.

But I tell you, boys, when the Highway Patrol pulls me over, I speak my native tongue.

]]> By: Seed's Daily Zeitgeist: 7/25/2007 - General Science http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/22/apollo-footage-remastered/#comment-42923 Seed's Daily Zeitgeist: 7/25/2007 - General Science Wed, 25 Jul 2007 01:24:44 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/22/apollo-footage-remastered/#comment-42923 [...] New Moon Landing Footage Digitally Re-Mastered The Apollo mission has never looked so hot. (via Phil) [...] […] New Moon Landing Footage Digitally Re-Mastered The Apollo mission has never looked so hot. (via Phil) […]

]]> By: Quiet Desperation http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/22/apollo-footage-remastered/#comment-42925 Quiet Desperation Tue, 24 Jul 2007 06:19:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/22/apollo-footage-remastered/#comment-42925 >>> Easy–the isotopic concentrations are >>> different on different planets and bodies. Grab someone out of a trailer park and tell them that. Watch their eye glaze over. >>> But people can keep secrets and it isn’t convincing proof. Two people can keep a secret if one of them is dead. >>> Easy–the isotopic concentrations are
>>> different on different planets and bodies.

Grab someone out of a trailer park and tell them that. Watch their eye glaze over.

>>> But people can keep secrets and it isn’t convincing proof.

Two people can keep a secret if one of them is dead.

]]> By: Troy http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/22/apollo-footage-remastered/#comment-42926 Troy Tue, 24 Jul 2007 02:23:34 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/22/apollo-footage-remastered/#comment-42926 He should have said, "What?! Wrestling is fake?" and left it at that. If people need an explanation they can find it. I suppose he does have a point. In cases of fraud usually someone would crack after 35 years. But people can keep secrets and it isn't convincing proof. A reiteration of NASA's explanation that the moon rocks are the best evidence. Faking something to look like it is of extraterrestrial origin would be much harder than faking a moon landing. Another aspect of the same issue, no alien artifact has ever been shown to be of anything other than terrestrial origin. How can one tell? Easy--the isotopic concentrations are different on different planets and bodies. He should have said, “What?! Wrestling is fake?” and left it at that. If people need an explanation they can find it. I suppose he does have a point. In cases of fraud usually someone would crack after 35 years. But people can keep secrets and it isn’t convincing proof. A reiteration of NASA’s explanation that the moon rocks are the best evidence. Faking something to look like it is of extraterrestrial origin would be much harder than faking a moon landing. Another aspect of the same issue, no alien artifact has ever been shown to be of anything other than terrestrial origin. How can one tell? Easy–the isotopic concentrations are different on different planets and bodies.

]]> By: George http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/22/apollo-footage-remastered/#comment-42928 George Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:53:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/22/apollo-footage-remastered/#comment-42928 A debunking of the Moan Hoax was on Hannity last night! I was hoping to see the BA jump in and wrestle it down, but nope. At least they debunked it. :) A debunking of the Moan Hoax was on Hannity last night! I was hoping to see the BA jump in and wrestle it down, but nope. At least they debunked it. :)

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