ABOVE: R.E.M. and Bruce Springsteen perform “Man on the Moon.” Admit it, this song pops into your head whenever someone mentions the moon landing (even though these space rock songs are probably better).
History is being rewritten by Hollywood, and this time, NASA is picking up the bill.
A new report being circulated by the Associated Press and Yahoo! News indicates that scientists at NASA mistakenly taped over the original film footage of the Apollo space missions and called upon the Hollywood film wizards to restore and improve the low-quality images of the moon landing still in existence.
We’re not conspiracy theorists, but we can’t help wondering if asking Hollywood film experts to fool around with historic film footage is in bad taste. Let’s just hope that Michael Bay isn’t called in to fix up the video sent back from the Mars rovers. (Although, it would be kinda fun to see the mars rovers transform into fighting robots…)
According to AP, the restored footage is better than the historic images originally broadcast in 1969 as Neil Armstrong took his famous steps on the moon.
The new footage is reportedly so clear, that viewers can even see reflections of the moon in the visor of Armstrong’s helmet–a drastic change from the grainy original footage to which viewers are accustomed.
BELOW: The original Apollo 11 footage VS the restored footage.
MusicVixen says...
I like the old film. The new one looks kinda cheesy...
