Did the NASA downlink slow down the Apollo moon motion?
ANSWER. No. The downlink (earth station) used a magnetic disc recorder. The other use for this recorder is in video sports coverage. The recorder can play back at various speeds. For the Apollo mission, the recorder played back at normal speed. NASA used the disc machine to convert between video standards. The moon cameras could not send video that your home TV can reproduce. The disc converted the video so that you could watch at home.
