when we were going to the moon, apollo era, we had no idea what was going to happen when they landed.hel: what kind of technology were they using to take these photos? is this spy technology we are talking about? daniel: it was state-of-the-art spy technology. they got very close to the moon, 30 miles out. rachel: what kind of images did they create? this is the film you're talking about. daniel: this is not film. this is videotape. this machine right here, this is what recorded all these tapes. in 1955, this cost one third of $1 million in 1965. a house cost $10,000 to $15,000. a car would cost $1500 to $2000. nasa bought these for the lunar orbiter program because at that time it was the only recording medium that could possibly record data from the images. rachel: how many of these machines exist? daniel: there are no other machines left in the world. these are the last two functioning machines of its type. this is 35 mm. it was also recorded at the same time. this data is of much higher quality. almost like having a black and white and a color television. this is their film-based