alt Hacker NewsThere's something a bit weird having these digital photos and crisp digital audio and video of the astronauts, and seeing pictures of mission control with flat screens after having grown up on grainy analogue video, crackly audio with lots of beeps, and mission control being choc full of CRTs being watch by men in short sleeve shirts with black ties and cigarettes.
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jumpkick • yesterday at 10:45 AM
I had a similar thought at first, and then remembered the steady technical progress of the Shuttle era (at least from my recollection).
I get that feeling, but I think a lot of the "texture" we remember is really just the limitations of the tech at the time