Preservation
As of 2012, Jim Martin launched a campaign to help raise money to finance the preservation of as many episodes of The Great Space Coaster as possible. The original master tapes had been purchased by Tanslin Media, but it is very costly to transfer, convert, and store video tape into digital media, with a cost of up to $350 for one episode. It was estimated that it would cost anywhere between $35,000 to $40,000 to preserve all 250 episodes of the series, but knowing such a goal wasn't plausible, Martin set a goal to preserve $2,000 worth of episodes. As of May 21, 2012, the donations exceeded the goal, and Martin was able to raise $3,500 to preserve as many episodes as possible. Presently, there are also legal issues that are preventing the series from being released publicly for home entertainment.
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Famous quotes containing the word preservation:
“I do seriously believe that if we can measure among the States the benefits resulting from the preservation of the Union, the rebellious States have the larger share. It destroyed an institution that was their destruction. It opened the way for a commercial life that, if they will only embrace it and face the light, means to them a development that shall rival the best attainments of the greatest of our States.”
—Benjamin Harrison (1833–1901)
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—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)
“Is not our role to stand for the one thing which means our own salvation here but with which it will also be possible to save the world, and with which Europe will be able to save itself, namely the preservation of the white man and his state?”
—Hendrik Verwoerd (1901–1966)