Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The First Step on the Moon

The First Step on the Moon



 * Although saying the quality is lacking is an understatement, it is extremely important, historical, encyclopedic, unique, and will never, ever, be taken again (compare to [[Image:View from the Window at Le Gras, Joseph Nicéphore Niépce.jpg|25px]]). It appears in the article Apollo 11. It was uploaded by User:Rmhermen, but I do not know the original photographer. This picture was taken from the TV footage on Goldstone Station.


 * Nominate and Support | AndonicO 16:43, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose Actual NASA photos are easy to obtain and are of much higher quality than this one -- why not search their site to find a better photo? SteveHopson 17:28, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose, unless this is really the best picture of the event. Otherwise, weak support per nom. --Billpg 17:29, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment Alright, I'll try to find a better one. | AndonicO 17:41, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose I well remember watching this on UK TV in 1969 but I hope we can get a better picture than this - Adrian Pingstone 20:44, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose There is apparently some talk of converting the proprietary format used by the moon lander video cameras into something useable. If that happens then we may get a good quality picture of this.Seano1 21:02, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment No, nothing turns up looking even remotly similar. Probably because it's a picture of the TV set. | AndonicO 23:55, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose The idea is good but the picture is ridiculously bad. I'm sure there is a better picture of this.  --Midnight Rider 02:36, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Per Seano1, NASA has yet to digitize any of the original video (or at least hasn't released it).  Here's the low down on the pic:  "S69-42583 (20 JULY 1969) --- Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, Apollo 11 commander, descends the ladder of the Apollo 11 Lunar Module (LM) prior to making the first step by man on another celestial body. This view is a black and white reproduction taken from a telecast by the Apollo 11 lunar surface camera during Extravehicular Activity (EVA). The black bar running through the center of the picture is an anomaly in the television ground data system at the Goldstone Tracking Station."  There’s plenty of good pics that aren't this first moment.  Because NASA will probably digitize this, we should wait to add it as a featured pic. --Cody.Pope 02:38, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Poor quality considering there may be better ones out there. If someone finds one and I might reconsider. -- Tewy  01:44, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Strong oppose Historical value does not change the fact that this is a photograph of a monitor. Originals do exist and will become available. This is replacable. HighInBC (Need help? Ask me) 16:41, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

--KFP (talk | contribs) 17:25, 23 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Comment I doubt there exists (or will exist) any higher quality version of this image. NASA has realy not yet released original video footage, but this is image from it. --Li-sung 20:44, 29 October 2006 (UTC)