What the fuck, NASA?

Thanks, as always, to AlterNet for linking this.

Again, you have to love the headline here, "One giant cock-up for mankind." As I've said before, leave it to the Brits.

From their article:

While the television broadcast seen by 600 million people in July 1969 is preserved for posterity, the original tapes from which the footage was taken have been mislaid in the vast archive of the United States space agency Nasa.

The footage could transform our view of the Moon landings, offering images far sharper than the blurred, grainy video shown around the world.

It could also lay to rest the conspiracy theory that the landings were faked on a Hollywood soundstage.

This makes me sad.

An interesting NPR piece with a more sympathetic tone is worth checking out too.