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Article #6950Re: Government-run programs Was: Re: Justification for the Space Program
From: Gary Coffman
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 19:18
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 19:18
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In article <1993Jan2.045416.15301@ringer.cs.utsa.edu> sbooth@lonestar.utsa.edu (Simon E. Booth) writes: > >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? After the first Apollo landing, TV ratings for space coverage dropped sharply. The media took their cue from that. It's only climbed into the top 50 *once* after that, that was the launch after Challenger. Gary -- Gary Coffman KE4ZV | You make it, | gatech!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary Destructive Testing Systems | we break it. | uunet!rsiatl!ke4zv!gary 534 Shannon Way | Guaranteed! | emory!kd4nc!ke4zv!gary Lawrenceville, GA 30244 | | emory!ke4zv!gary@gatech.edu
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Newsgroups: sci.space,talk.politics.space Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!wupost!emory!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary From: gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman) Subject: Re: Government-run programs Was: Re: Justification for the Space Program Message-ID: <1993Jan4.191800.12395@ke4zv.uucp> Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman) Organization: Destructive Testing Systems References: <1992Dec30.230013.4102@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> <1992Dec31.195131.148@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> <1993Jan2.045416.15301@ringer.cs.utsa.edu> Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 19:18:00 GMT Lines: 20