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  4. From: gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman)
  5. Subject: Re: Government-run programs  Was: Re: Justification for the Space Program
  6. Message-ID: <1993Jan4.191800.12395@ke4zv.uucp>
  7. Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman)
  8. Organization: Destructive Testing Systems
  9. References: <1992Dec30.230013.4102@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> <1992Dec31.195131.148@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> <1993Jan2.045416.15301@ringer.cs.utsa.edu>
  10. Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 19:18:00 GMT
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  13. In article <1993Jan2.045416.15301@ringer.cs.utsa.edu> sbooth@lonestar.utsa.edu (Simon E. Booth) writes:
  14. >
  15. >I've had people tell me that the media doesn't cover the space program very
  16. >much because people aren't interested.
  17. >
  18. >But here's somethin to think about: did people lose interest and the media
  19. >reduced it's coverage in response, or did the media cut back coverage and then
  20. >convince people that they weren't interested in it?
  21.  
  22. After the first Apollo landing, TV ratings for space coverage dropped
  23. sharply. The media took their cue from that. It's only climbed into
  24. the top 50 *once* after that, that was the launch after Challenger.
  25.  
  26. Gary
  27.  
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