dad@u1100s.UUCP (09/20/83)
Regarding OAF@MIT-OZ's complaint about shuttle announcements in net.space: Most, if not all, annoucements of when the Shuttle look off or is supposed to land appear in net.columbia not net.space. These reports are retieved from one of the Wire Service computer systems by Adam Buchsbaum. This is a feature, not a problem. Many machines are not tied into the wire services. This is a way of getting timely shuttle reports over the net. I, for one, find these reports among the best things on the net. If you find them boring, type n when you get the prompt. Doug Davey BTL ihnp4!u1100s!dad
KFL@MIT-MC@sri-unix.UUCP (09/23/83)
From: Keith F. Lynch <KFL @ MIT-MC> Yes, lets continue having announcements as to when the shuttles are due to lift off and land. What I *am* tired of seeing is messages announcing that there was a perfect takeoff -- two days after the landing. There is too much latency in the net to bother announcing events as they happen. ...Keith