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Topic:	CBS Reports (1981): Space Shuttle $14B?

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Your Reply: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	[QUOTE]Originally posted by OV-105: [B]You know it was important if they didn’t show Knott’s Landing. [/B][/QUOTE]
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<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width="600"><TR><td bgcolor="#000000"><TABLE BORDER=0 cellpadding=4 border=0 cellspacing=1 WIDTH="100%"><TR bgcolor="#660000"><TD COLSPAN=2><CENTER>T O P I C     R E V I E W</CENTER></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>jjknap</TD><TD>Does anyone know if the CBS News program "Space Shuttle: $14 Billion Question Mark" that aired before the first shuttle flight is available anywhere? I remember watching it as a kid, and I think it was Mike Wallace who asked John Young if the shuttle would even fly. I would love to see this program again. </TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>Robert Pearlman</TD><TD>The Vanderbilt Television News Archive has this special news broadcast <A HREF="http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/program.pl?ID=863328" TARGET=_blank>archived and available</A> upon request.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>jjknap</TD><TD>Thanks! Unfortunately, it looks like they would charge me $200 for this <IMG SRC="http://www.collectspace.com/ubb/frown.gif"></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>jjknap</TD><TD>Finally this has been posted by someone on YouTube, I remember watching this 40 years ago before the Shuttle first flew. So cool to watch it now after the program has been completed.<center><iframe width="400" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mvYmMp0U7bc" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen>

dom

Fascinating, honest and prophetic. I wish this standard of reporting had continued with the shuttle as it might have prevented the chain of mistakes leading to Challenger.

OV-105

You know it was important if they didn’t show Knott’s Landing.

David C

I enjoyed that, thanks.

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