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From: thomas@mvac23.UUCP (Thomas Lapp)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Shuttle on Mission:  Impossible
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Date: 8 Nov 89 23:58:07 GMT
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> For those of you who would be intrested and who may not otherwise watch
> `Mission:  Impossible' on Thursday nights, this coming Thursday's show
> (9 Nov 1989) will have the MI team doing something related to the space
> shuttle.  They apparently even go up in it.  It should be interesting.

I saw a posting in one of the newsgroups I read that mentioned how
realistic that the Mission: IMPOSSIBLE team was when referring to
what a computer could and could not do.  If I recall the topic correctly,
it had something to do with the fact that when trying to crack a
particular computer system, they didn't use "magic" but did it in
a way that would make sense.

However, as soon as I saw the previews for this week's show, I realized
that reality was going to go out the window.  I don't recall exactly
what it was that was so "dumb" and outlandish, but anyone who reads
sci.space.shuttle would probably be disappointed in watching the program.
I think this is because it deals with a subject that we all know a 
good bit about, and know when things are done realistically or not.

Of course, by the time you read this, it will probably be over with, so
I hope you enjoyed the program...

                         - tom
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