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Article #7308Re: Government-run programs Was: Re: Justification for the Space Program
From: Gary Coffman
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 09:09
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 09:09
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In article <ewright.726356070@convex.convex.com> ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright) writes: >In <1993Jan4.191800.12395@ke4zv.uucp> gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman) writes: > >>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. > >And Star Trek was always at the bottom of the ratings... Yes it was. It's done quite well in syndication over the years, however, thanks to a small, but hardcore and vocal group of fans. More viewer hours are probably spent watching Star Trek reruns today than during it's first run network release. But that's because you can find it at nearly any hour of any day on cable and independent stations. Some people watch it eight times a week. I find that rather sick, but then fan is just a contraction for fanatic. 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!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: <1993Jan7.090922.2531@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> <1993Jan4.191800.12395@ke4zv.uucp> <ewright.726356070@convex.convex.com> Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 09:09:22 GMT Lines: 23