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- From: ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright)
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- Subject: Re: Government-run programs Was: Re: Justification for the Space Program
- Message-ID: <ewright.726356070@convex.convex.com>
- Date: 6 Jan 93 21:34:30 GMT
- References: <1992Dec30.230013.4102@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> <1992Dec31.195131.148@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> <1993Jan2.045416.15301@ringer.cs.utsa.edu> <1993Jan4.191800.12395@ke4zv.uucp>
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- In <1993Jan4.191800.12395@ke4zv.uucp> gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman) writes:
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- >After the first Apollo landing, TV ratings for space coverage dropped
- >sharply. The media took their cue from that. It's only climbed into
- >the top 50 *once* after that, that was the launch after Challenger.
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- And Star Trek was always at the bottom of the ratings...
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