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Surely it is not important for all of us to be able to access data in every possible format under the sun? Sure, if someone gave me 60s tape reel I'd have no method accessing the data myself, but I would have no trouble at all finding someone who could and who could transfer the data onto a hard drive or memory stick for me. The same goes for every other storage medium I can think of, from punch cards to floppy disks (which I also personally can't access any longer).
Storage is a concern, to some degree, but accidents and negligence will always be an issue. If the data is important to someone, presumably it will be kept safe and transferred to current formats when necessary. If that isn't done, then...well, tough. In any case, that's a separate issue from the ability to access it, which we haven't lost for any format I'm aware of (which, I'm sure, does not include them all).
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