Rescue of data from Pioneer 10 & 11 tapes FINAL WORD

[Dwight K. Elvey]

>From: "William Donzelli" <aw288 at osfn.org>
>
>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
>

Hi
 Like I said, it was just a "STORY". Not a true story, just
something to make the editors happy and get the next pay
check.
Dwight