Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) Subject: Re: Getting into the press area for shuttle launches? Message-ID: <1990Sep10.151730.7361@zoo.toronto.edu> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology References: <3876@sactoh0.SAC.CA.US> <1990Sep4.001018.4034@zoo.toronto.edu> <1990Sep10.050419.11878@mthvax.cs.miami.edu> Date: Mon, 10 Sep 90 15:17:30 GMT In article <1990Sep10.050419.11878@mthvax.cs.miami.edu> bsherman@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (Bob Sherman) writes: >>>Recent reports say that there will be no, repeat no, passes for this >>>launch [STS-41], because there is a strong possibility that NASA will be badly >>>short of funds around then, and supervision of visitors has been classed >>>as a luxury. > >As a member of the WORKING PRESS, I certainly hope that NASA is not >planning to change their policy >regarding the press mound area. We have enough >media people running around there, without having to worry about the >general public with "passes" in the area too... If they can't supervise them, they simply won't let them in. What you should be worrying about is whether they will let *you* in, because you count as visitors-needing-supervision too. -- TCP/IP: handling tomorrow's loads today| Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology OSI: handling yesterday's loads someday| henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry