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From: wasg@diomedes.rice.edu (Eric Salituro)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Did Challenger happen?
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Date: 24 Aug 89 22:50:08 GMT
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In article <1904@brwa.inmos.co.uk> conor@inmos.co.uk (Conor O'Neill) writes:
>I recently went around ``Spaceport USA'' at KSC, and I noticed
>that among all the exhibits there was not a single mention of
>the Challenger disaster. I've also heard since that it is illegal
>to show the film of the disaster in America. Is this true?
>

That's funny, I was there a year ago, and can remember at least a couple of
mentions of the disaster.  

There is a dedication to the Challenger crew in _The Dream Is Alive_, the
IMAX movie that was being shown at the time. 
In the foyer of the visitor's center, there was an exhibit of the winning
entry in the Challenger Memorial competition.
I could swear that the tour guide mentioned that the shuttle sitting on the
pad at the time was going to be America's return to space after the accident.

>Are all Americans ostriches (heads in the sand), or just NASA?

Not at all, in fact a TV movie about the crew of Challenger is in production
as we speak. They did some shooting here at JSC a couple of months ago.
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