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In addition to outworlder's comment, note that data storage was a lot harder back then; these days we store them on a network-addressable server with automatic
by azernik 8y ago
In addition to outworlder's comment, note that data storage was a lot harder back then; these days we store them on a network-addressable server with automatic systems to transfer the data between different backups. Back then this was all manual and super error-prone.
- hermitdev 8y agoData transfer for some telescopes is still "analogue". It can be higher bandwidth to literally FedEx banks of hard drives than it is to transfer over the internet.
- nunobrito 8y agoThat is not a reliable excuse. 700 boxes are "lost": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11_missing_tapes#Search_for_the_missing_tapes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11_missing_tapes#Search... Other remaining copies are missing. The people involved on the mission cannot fathom themselves that the tapes were overwritten/reused, reason why these same space engineers organized the search themselves. It is more likely the tapes are archived somewhere out of public reach. Or worse, are today part of a private museum for some rich elite.