From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihnp4!ixn5c!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uicsovax!kline
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Title: Re: NASA news briefings - (nf)
Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.1048
Posted: Mon Nov 15 09:31:06 1982
Received: Wed Nov 17 05:41:15 1982

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uicsovax!kline    Nov 15 08:11:00 1982


   Journalists are famous for getting scientists and engineers steamed.
Another good example I heard was at one of the press briefings for
Voyager II. This was right after they had discovered the `braided' F-ring
around Saturn, and the two `shepherd' moons S26 and S27. To add to the
sensationalism of the photos from the spacecraft by saying that the F-ring
didn't obey the laws of physics. One of the JPL scientists exploded with "Of
course they obey the laws of physics!!!" He was really hot, too. The
journalist, unmiffed, left the comment in the report to his editor.