>> The grainy images that the world saw in 1969 came from a TV camera pointed at a giant wall monitor at mission control, of a live feed from pictures sent by

>> The grainy images that the world saw in 1969 came from a TV camera pointed at a giant wall monitor at mission control, of a live feed from pictures sent by satellite from Australia to California and relayed by landline to Houston. Rather offtopic, but if that chain isn't convoluted enough for you, check out exactly how they accomplished giant wall monitors in the 1960s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eidophor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eidophor [edit: this guy's presentation about them is fantastic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-BvMcqEc98 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-BvMcqEc98 ]