11 Jun
2005
11 Jun
'05
9:20 p.m.
I was at RCS this afternoon, and after talking to Mike about the whole
Pioneer 10 and 11 tape nonsense, we did a little digging:
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1972-012A&ds=*
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1973-019A&ds=*
Well, well, well...it looks like every bit of Pioneer 10 and 11 has been
saved already, and can be accessed thru the proper channels (on
tape, but apparently they will burn a CDROM on request).
Every other spacecraft, as well.
It is time to lay this urban legend about rotting NASA tapes to rest.
William Donzelli
aw288 at osfn.org