mcgeer%ucbkim%Berkeley@sri-unix.UUCP (07/08/84)
From: Rick McGeer (on an h19-u) <mcgeer%ucbkim@Berkeley> Well, "normal shutdown" is a lot less exciting to a TV audience than incredible danger, and Today is consistently beneath GMA in the morning ratings. I suppose BG smelled a scoop, or a coup...and wound up in the soup. As for the fire, keep in mind that there are humongous temperatures on the pad at a launch. During the Apollo and Skylab missions, the pads were literally destroyed by the launch. The STS pad is better, but there are still fires... Rick.