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Topic: Help identifying NASA reel-to-reel tapes
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jrand
Member Posts: 24
From: Cedar Hill, Tx
Registered: Jan 2016
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posted 01-30-2016 12:19 PM
   
Found old NASA reel to reel tapes. Radio presentation of Special Report NASA #55
with Chris Kraft on Apollo 11 dated July 1969. Says on bottom of box to return tape after broadcast (to NASA). What are these? Have several of them... |
rjurek349
Member Posts: 1190
From: Northwest Indiana
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted 01-30-2016 12:24 PM
These were produced by NASA public affairs on reel-to-reel, and vinyl, for distribution to radio stations around the world who wanted "NASA Reports" about Apollo and beyond, but didn't have correspondents on site. These were all hosted by Willard Scott, and provide in-depth interviews with not only astronauts, but also key administration personnel like Patrone, Low, Gilruth, etc. They occasionally pop up on eBay, more in vinyl than in reel-to-reel. I have about 40+ of these from Apollo, Skylab, ASTP and Shuttle on vinyl, and often digitize them for my own research. We talk a bit about these public outreach programs in our book, "Marketing the Moon." They are a great PAO keepsake. If you have access to a reel-to-reel player, they are worth listening to. |
jrand
Member Posts: 24
From: Cedar Hill, Tx
Registered: Jan 2016
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posted 01-30-2016 03:56 PM
Thanks, I knew someone here would know about these! I am going to buy me a reel to reel player ASAP!! Thanks. |
Tom Dahl
Member Posts: 33
From: MA, USA
Registered: Jan 2012
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posted 01-30-2016 07:47 PM
I have a few of these in reel-to-reel format. I had one from 1972 digitized a year or so (at a commercial outfit) and the resulting sound quality astounded me - absolutely perfectly clear, as if Willard Scott was in the same room as me. |
jrand
Member Posts: 24
From: Cedar Hill, Tx
Registered: Jan 2016
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posted 02-07-2016 07:00 AM
Tom, I have some more of these tapes, I put one up on eBay for 10 bucks, you think I maybe should kinda not do that anymore? Might be they are something I should hold on to! |
jrand
Member Posts: 24
From: Cedar Hill, Tx
Registered: Jan 2016
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posted 02-07-2016 07:02 AM
Richard, where can I get the book? |
rjurek349
Member Posts: 1190
From: Northwest Indiana
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted 02-07-2016 08:44 AM
Amazon or Barnes and Noble have it. You can also get it direct from the publisher (MIT Press), or on eBay, I'm sure. But if you want a signed copy by myself and co-author, Astronaut Central still has some signed copies available at cost from a prior SpaceFest signing. |
jrand
Member Posts: 24
From: Cedar Hill, Tx
Registered: Jan 2016
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posted 02-07-2016 09:28 AM
Thanks Richard, just ordered a copy from Astronaut Central. Looking forward to splashdown here at home! |
rjurek349
Member Posts: 1190
From: Northwest Indiana
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted 02-07-2016 06:39 PM
Enjoy! |
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