I don't know about NASA, but in the Aerospace Defense business at least fifteen years ago we quit using Mag Tape for anything but evaluation/troubleshooting data collection, for subsequent readin to an offline computer for analysis. And that was digital data using a different type of tape from audio recording. Now and for the last 10 years or more, even that useage has been replaced by plug-in transportable hard disc storage devices. Program had long ago migrated to hard disc, and more recently, optical discs, and solid state memory is about to take over.
So I don't think that audiophiles can be blaimed for deficiencies in the space program.
So I don't think that audiophiles can be blaimed for deficiencies in the space program.