Comment Re:Better sooner than later (Score 5, Interesting) 282
You're thinking that NASA technology is a lot further along than it really is. It's not.
Most of that data is on 9-track tapes... and on top of that, they're degraded to the point that they're useless at this point. You won't be able to read the media due to it coming off of its backing and such...
even if it were good, you will need replacement heads for the tape drives due to wear from all of the tapes, and there aren't enough of those around anymore.
The result; rooms and rooms full of useless mag tapes. (I'm not making this stuff up.)
Most of that data is on 9-track tapes... and on top of that, they're degraded to the point that they're useless at this point. You won't be able to read the media due to it coming off of its backing and such...
even if it were good, you will need replacement heads for the tape drives due to wear from all of the tapes, and there aren't enough of those around anymore.
The result; rooms and rooms full of useless mag tapes. (I'm not making this stuff up.)
