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In <C0ABxu.539@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> hrubin@pop.stat.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin) writes:

>In article <1993Jan2.045416.15301@ringer.cs.utsa.edu> sbooth@lonestar.utsa.edu (Simon E. Booth) writes:

>>Concerning public opinion about the space program, IHMO those opinions can
>>and are greatly influenced by the media's depiction of space exploration.
>>Next time watch news coverage of a shuttle flight.  Invariably some reference
>>is made to the cost of that particular mission, plus any important technical
>>information is either watered down or omitted.
>>I've had people tell me that the media doesn't cover the space program very
>>much because people aren't interested.

>>But here's somethin to think about: did people lose interest and the media
>>reduced it's coverage in response, or did the media cut back coverage and then
>>convince people that they weren't interested in it?

>How much interest SHOULD there be in any particular shuttle launch?  If we
>had an adequate space program, there should be not much more interest than
>in a trip of an ocean liner.  As the saying goes, "When man bites dog,
>that's news."  

>The first landing on the moon was quite properly a big media event, but
>it is not at all surprising that the later ones were less so.  
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this is true...some of us, a few, are interested in anything about the
space program...most people, given the choice between watching (yet
another) shuttle launch and an interview with ozzy osbourne will chose
ozzy.  i think that this is because the media doesn't do enough to
present the space program in an interesting manner and because most
people don't give a tinker's damn about outer space...we really ARE
the minority...

barb
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