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[i]On July 14th I sent an E-mail to most of you stating that a PBS NOVA documentary on the Space Shuttle Columbia accident was being prepared. I am a participant in the documentary and had a DVD copy of the original version. I was asked for comments. The documentary was clearly anti shuttle and filled with false technical information regarding the shuttle, and I recommended several changes. Much has happened since then. I sent copies of the of the DVD to several key individuals in the shuttle engineering world. What I learned was that NASA was aware of the documentary and "had no problem with the original version" and Boeing (who built the space shuttle orbiter and provides engineering support) was unaware of the documentary, but would take no action regarding it. Several copies went to shuttle engineers who in turn passed them on to their peers. Their reaction was similar to mine and many of them sent E-mails to NOVA expressing their strong objection to the content and their passionate support for the shuttle. NOVA welcomed their input and I am told some of the objectionable material has been eliminated. The documentary will air on PBS NOVA on October 14th. A preview is available now [URL=http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/schedule.html]on line at the link[/URL]. I have not seen the final documentary but the preview suggests that it is still very anti-shuttle and still contains material that it is not very authoritative and to me has the appearance of propaganda to support the manned space initiative of the current administration. Sorry, we did our best. In response to the shuttle engineer's input NOVA invited us to prepare a pro-shuttle opinion piece for their web site. That was done and it is titled "A Case for Saving the Shuttle Program". It is [URL=http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/columbia/]on-line now[/URL]. It is a condensation of the input from about a dozen very experienced shuttle engineers, three of them former Chief Engineers. The piece has been brought to the attention of congressional representatives of California and Florida. I suggest you read it before viewing the documentary. If you want to express your viewpoint directly to NOVA the contact is susan_k_lewis@wgbh.org.[/i]
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