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From: dya@unc-c.UUCP
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Subject: Re: STS-9 launch and Pravda announcement
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Date: Tue, 29-Nov-83 09:52:13 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 29 09:52:13 1983
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The only decent coverage of an American space mission was that given by
Home Box Office, for STS-1 { This was before they went 24 hours per day.}
Their coverage of the launch and reentry was simply the pool feeds that
the networks use, I guess, with the COMPLETE audio communications portion.
Our local cable company decided to do routine maintainence about 7 seconds
before landing !!!! { Fortunately, we had a semi-working earth station. }

	Why, why, WHY can't some do-gooder channel like C-SPAN; or at least
someone with idle transponder time, do this ? I'd like to see all the
uninterrupted video and hear all the audio transmissions without some stupid
announcer cutting off the good parts.  What a way to build American interest
in the space programme !

--David { decvax!duke!mcnc!unc-c!dya }