We will become overwhelmed with audio, video, images and data in formats and media that is unusable. Example: 77-year-old retired NASA engineer, Lawrence Zottarelli is the last person on earth who knows how the 8-track tapes on Voyager 1 worked. Read: https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-oldest-continuously-operating-electronic-computer-and-where-is-it/answer/Brian-Roemmele?ch=2&share=42de37f4&srid=Pi3 …
Ida, I hear ya. The only one that was able to program a plan and the changes needed for the CCS and 8-track storage for the extended mission. An amazing guy.
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Ida, thanks for asking. I met Larry a while back and spoke with him and some other folks about the programming. He of course did not make this statement—at all. It was my bombastic way to illustrate just how precious people are that help build and maintain this technology.
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