Rem@IMSSS (12/19/85)
Tonight channel 60 (KCSM-TV) will have a Planetary-Society program regarding Halley's comet. In the promo for this program, they said the flotilla of spacecraft visiting Halley's comet will be mankind's first close encounter with a comet. Have they forgotten ICE's passthru of Giacobini-Zinner a few months ago? Whom are they trying to kid? Are they telling the "big lie" because most people won't know it's a lie and the "big lie" will draw in more viewers than the truth would? -------
henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) (12/20/85)
> ... In the promo for this program, they said > the flotilla of spacecraft visiting Halley's comet will be mankind's > first close encounter with a comet. Have they forgotten ICE's passthru > of Giacobini-Zinner a few months ago? ... Probably they knew about it but considered it a joke by comparison. Which it was. "International Comet Explorer", indeed. Better than nothing, yes, useful scientific return, yes, but a poor excuse for a comet probe. Anyone reading this who has strong religious beliefs: if you are in a mood to thank your Deity (-ies) for good things happening in the last year, spend a moment thanking him (her) (them) for making the Ariane third stage work perfectly for Giotto, and fail on the *next* launch. -- Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henry