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- From: ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright)
- Subject: Re: SSTO Viability (was: Shuttle replacement)
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- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 17:11:16 GMT
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- In <1992Nov19.150400.24961@iti.org> aws@iti.org (Allen W. Sherzer) writes:
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- >We need to do other things as well. There was an article on this in
- >a recent issue of Design News and the British newspaper The Guardian
- >is also working on an article.
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- That's good, but the critical articles are the ones that appear
- just after the first launch. There were lots of articles written
- about the Space Shuttle in the years before it flew, many of them
- by good writers who actually knew what they were talking about it.
- But none of them succeeded in mobilizing very much support for the
- Space Shuttle. That didn't happen until the public saw the launch
- on television and read the (often inaccurate) front-page articles
- from the usual AP wire service hack "science" writers.
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- Timing is critical. I know that McDAC isn't spending a lot of money
- on advertising and PR, but I hope they're ready with a good press
- kit to hand out at the first launch. Space groups supporting SSTO
- should have their own press kits ready also.
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