> > Why would NASA say “destroy the tapes” ? > If I'm reading the report correctly, the tapes were quite infected with mold, and probably unreadable. I'd guess it wouldn't be worth the health hazard to try, especially given NASA's view that there was nothing historically significant there.
Still sad to see the data and hardware languish and deteriorate like that, though. I have some connection to Goddard; my high school was just down the road, and I knew several people who worked there (maybe still do). -Ed-
