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Also, this a really good read if you have the time: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/a-detailed-timelin...

It reads as if it's from Andy Weir's "The Martian"

Favorite quote from that article: `Burley adds a closing question: “Does anyone happen to have a 4 mm tape cartridge reader that will work on a modern Linux workstation and a 16-year-old data tape and not disintegrate it?”`




Agreed - it's the personal touches that make the story.




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