Dennis Wingo at Maker Faire: McMoon's - Lunar Orbiter Imagery Recovery Project
- By Keith Cowing
- Posted May 30, 2010 12:37 AM
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"We took 40 year old data tapes, tape drives that had been in a garage for 30 years, found elderly engineers, and reverse-engineered ancient technology to provide enhanced imagery from the five Lunar Orbiter missions in a fashion - and resolution - inconceivable at the time that the missions were conducted."
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