Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project Update

Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project Update (LOIRP) 20 January 2009, MoonViews.com

“We have submitted a paper to the Lunar Planetary Conference (LPSC) for presentation in March of 2009. This paper will detail the process that we used to bring the first image of the Earth as seen from the Moon back to life and the first determination of its quality as compared to the Lunar and Planetary Science database image.”

Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project (LOIRP) Progress Report 5 February 2009, MoonViews.com

“The first machine continues to perform well. There are problems that were anticipated that we are dealing with. One of the overall reliability issues is that many electronic parts in the machine are customer Ampex hybrid circuits that are obviously not available anymore.”