[FOTZeiss] Fw: Apollo 11 Moonwalk Film Restored in Australia

[Glenn A. Walsh]

New Australian footage of Neil Armstrong's moon walk:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100928/sc_afp/usspaceastronomymoonaustralia_20100928094640

More after signature.

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--- On Tue, 9/28/10, John M. McMahon <mcmahon at LEMOYNE.EDU> wrote:

> From: John M. McMahon <mcmahon at LEMOYNE.EDU>
> Subject: New footage of Armstrong moonwalk to be shown in Sydney
> To: HASTRO-L at listserv.wvu.edu
> Date: Tuesday, September 28, 2010, 8:10 AM

> AFP / PhysOrg (9/28/10):
> 
> "New Australian footage of Neil Armstrong's moon walk"
> 
> "Long-lost footage of Neil Armstrong descending the ladder
> of the Apollo 11
> lunar module will be screened in public for the first time
> in Sydney next
> week, a prominent astronomer told AFP.
> 
> The footage runs for a few minutes and is considered to be
> some of the best
> footage of the historic 1969 moonwalk, but the film was
> lost in archives for
> many years and was badly damaged when found, said John
> Sarkissian.
> 
> It depicts the first few minutes of Armstrong's descent
> which was recorded
> in Australia as NASA was still scrambling for a signal,
> showing a far
> clearer image than was initially screened worldwide.
> 
> Telescopes in remote Australia played a key role in the
> Apollo 11 mission,
> including provision of the television signal, after
> Armstrong decided to
> attempt the moonwalk early, putting the United States just
> beyond the
> horizon."
> 
> More:
> 
> http://www.physorg.com/news204870253.html
> 
> JMM / LMC