You Taped Over It?!

NASA has apparently "misplaced" the original tape of the first manned lunar landing. That means moon landing for those of you in Rio Linda (nod to Rush).

[Astronaut Neil] Armstrong's famous space walk, seen by millions of viewers on July 20, 1969, is among transmissions that NASA has failed to turn up in a year of searching, spokesman Grey Hautaloma said.

We've done some brainstorming and came up with a few explanations why the tape may be lost:

1) Some NASA engineer accidentally taped the Superbowl over it, or more likely, taped an episode of Dr. Who.

2) It's being auctioned on Ebay under the title "Really Kewl Battlestar Galactica Audition Tape!"

3) They forgot it was awarded to the best three-legged race team at the last NASA picnic.

4) Someone needed the original to make a clean remix, ala Star Wars Kid, to be posted on YouTube.

and finally 5) MTV never returned it.