rodman@mfci.UUCP (Paul Rodman) (03/14/89)
After watching another shuttle launch and flipping desperately between
channel 4 and CNN, I very much wish for a channel that would tell
the commentator to SHUT-UP during the launch.
CNN loves to play video games and share the NASA video feed (shrunk to
a tiny box) with a mugshot of some moron telling me useless crud.
Channel 4 had some bimbo saying things like: "Their waiting for the
visibility to get better than 7 miles per hour". Or gems like "The
Challenger successfully underwhent SRB seperation". Arrrrgggghhh.
Can't I PLEASE hear and see the NASA feeds? Do we have to have the
lowest common denominator?
I fondly remember the days when good 'ol Walter Cronkite would
cut over to the NASA feed at t- 1 minute and STAY there until near
orbit was acheived.
Please, please folks write your major networks and tell them to
shut the f**k up! NASA folks, help!
Paul K. Rodman
rodman@mfci.uucp
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tim@opoxsrv.i.intel.com.ogc.edu (03/15/89)
In article <704@m3.mfci.UUCP> rodman@mfci.UUCP (Paul Rodman) writes: > > >After watching another shuttle launch and flipping desperately between >channel 4 and CNN, I very much wish for a channel that would tell >the commentator to SHUT-UP during the launch. In Portland, OR (Rogers Cable TV) there were two channels that had pure NASA feeds (NASA Select?). These were a local cable access channel and (more importantly) CSPAN-II, one of the congressional channels. I know that the local channel was set to start the NASA feeds at 12:30 am pacific time. I don't know when CSPAN-II started their coverage, but there was NO ancher person overdubbing, other than the official NASA lady (which you would get even if you had a direct downlink from NASA Select. Check to see if your local cable has CSPAN-II (I watched it over the local channel because the local had a jumpy picture). Tim Forsyth Intel Corporation OEM Platforms Operation Hillsboro, Oregon tim@opoxsrv.i.intel.com
mcp2@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Michael C Polinske) (03/16/89)
In article <518@gandalf.littlei.UUCP> tim@opoxsrv.i.intel.com.ogc.edu writes: In Portland, OR (Rogers Cable TV) there were two channels that had pure NASA feeds (NASA Select?). These were a local cable access channel and (more importantly) CSPAN-II, one of the congressional channels. I know that the local channel was set to start the NASA feeds at 12:30 am pacific time. I don't know when CSPAN-II started their coverage, but there was NO ancher person overdubbing, other than the official NASA lady (which you would get even if you had a direct downlink from NASA Select. Check to see if your local cable has CSPAN-II (I watched it over the local channel because the local had a jumpy picture). I don't know about the lauch coverage, but I do know that a public access channel on our cable system has a continuous coverage of the shuttle mission. They have done this one time before also but I do not believe they do this for secret missions. In the corner of the screen it shows something like this: SCHOOL CABLE TV NASA [LIVE] It shows this even when I know that I saw it early. so the cable system must put it in. I was wondering what network carried such continuous, uncommentated (word?) coverage of a space flight. Tim Forsyth Intel Corporation OEM Platforms Operation Hillsboro, Oregon tim@opoxsrv.i.intel.com -- |snail mail: Michael Charles Polinske |email: mcp2@csd4.milw.wisc.edu | | 5730 North 68th St. | | | Milwaukee, WI 53218 |Telephone: 1+(414) 461-3717 |
werme@Alliant.COM (Ric Werme) (03/17/89)
In article <704@m3.mfci.UUCP> rodman@mfci.UUCP (Paul Rodman) writes: >After watching another shuttle launch and flipping desperately between >channel 4 and CNN, I very much wish for a channel that would tell >the commentator to SHUT-UP during the launch. I just turned down the volume and dialed 900-909-NASA for Dial-A-Shuttle, a service of the National Space Society (202-543-1995). I forget how much it costs, but it beats listening to TV morons. -- | A pride of lions | Eric J Werme | | A gaggle of geese | uucp: decvax!linus!alliant | | An odd lot of programmers | Phone: 603-673-3993 |