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From: tml@druhi.ATT.COM (Tim Larison)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Weekly World News publishes Challenger tape transcript
Summary: in National Enquirer, too
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Date: 26 Jan 91 17:54:39 GMT
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I saw this transcript in the National Enquirer, too.  Knowing the
National Enquirer's standard for journalism, I would tend to
be skeptical of the authenticity of the transcript.

I'd also be skeptical because the 5 year anniversary of the Challenger
accident is this week.  Perhaps publishing the transcript is the National
Enquirer's way to spur magazine sales because the Challenger accident will be
in the news anyway.

It also seems strange that only Male and Female voices are identified.
It seems that the paper would be more open to lawsuits if they identified
who said what.  I'm sure if a real recording existed, that they could
identify which astronaut was speaking.

I believe that there could be a real recording of the astronauts' last
minutes, but I would tend to doubt that this is it.

				Tim Larison  att!druhi!tml