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Topic: CBS News reporter Mike Wallace (1918-2012)
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Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 04-08-2012 01:50 PM
CBS News legend Mike Wallace, the 60 Minutes "pit-bull reporter whose probing, brazen style made his name synonymous with the tough interview — a style he practically invented for television more than half a century ago" — died last night (April 7). He was 93. In 1995, Wallace spoke with The Dallas Morning News about his coverage of the space program in connection with his hosting A&E's "Crisis in Space: The Real Story of Apollo 13." Mike Wallace is trying to recall where he was when Apollo 13 blasted off and then nearly fell apart with three astronauts aboard."I probably was on an airplane, traveling for 60 Minutes," he says from his vacation home on Martha's Vineyard. "Or maybe I was watching it in a hotel room. But you know, I really don't remember." Mr. Wallace says he "covered a lot of space" for CBS News until 60 Minutes was launched on Sept. 24, 1968. Apollo 8 was his last close brush with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, which brushed him off when he asked why the spacecraft was passing over China "two or three times" on its return flight. "I was told in effect to shut up," Mr. Wallace says. He later learned that what was then "Red China" was on the receiving end of top-secret satellite surveillance. A special program dedicated to Wallace will be broadcast on "60 Minutes" next Sunday, April 15. |
garyd2831 Member Posts: 640 From: Syracuse, New York, USA Registered: Oct 2009
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posted 04-08-2012 02:00 PM
Another great now in the heavens.
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mach3valkyrie Member Posts: 719 From: Albany, Oregon Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 04-08-2012 02:31 PM
Mr. Wallace was a CBS fixture during the Gemini Program as part of Walter Cronkite's space team. A great interviewer. RIP. |
Fezman92 Member Posts: 1031 From: New Jersey, USA Registered: Mar 2010
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posted 04-08-2012 03:10 PM
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GACspaceguy Member Posts: 2474 From: Guyton, GA Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 04-08-2012 03:34 PM
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randy Member Posts: 2176 From: West Jordan, Utah USA Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 04-08-2012 03:50 PM
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canyon42 Member Posts: 238 From: Ohio Registered: Mar 2006
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posted 04-08-2012 03:50 PM
I'm a little confused by the reference to Apollo 8 passing over China multiple times on its "return flight." Is something garbled there, or am I just misunderstanding? |
micropooz Member Posts: 1512 From: Washington, DC, USA Registered: Apr 2003
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posted 04-08-2012 06:17 PM
Thank you! I was wondering the same thing. Obviously Apollo 8 would be over Red China a couple or three times on its return from the Moon, but that's just an artifact of orbital mechanics (and at distances of tens or hundreds of thousands of miles above the Earth, where the crew couldn't see much in Red China if they tried). Am I missing something here, or was Mike Wallace just trying to stir up controversy where it never existed? |
MarylandSpace Member Posts: 1336 From: Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 04-08-2012 07:13 PM
I have some Mike Wallace early space stuff on VHS. I always enjoyed his style and his voice. |
Jay Chladek Member Posts: 2272 From: Bellevue, NE, USA Registered: Aug 2007
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posted 04-08-2012 10:00 PM
Sounds to me like it is two stories that have been combined inadvertently in the quotes. I believe Mike was probably referring to another space launch and not Apollo 8 itself.Only other thing I can think of would be Mike trying to bait somebody at NASA into letting something slip about the satellite overflights by interjecting something into a seemingly completely unrelated topic (a tactic you might see a lawyer use in a courtroom). By flustering that person, sometimes information can slip out. Of course, given the surveillance satellites were more a USAF and NRO matter (NRO being highly classified back then), only a very few individuals at NASA would have had a "need to know" about those activities. |
Joe Frasketi Member Posts: 191 From: Florida USA Registered: Aug 2003
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posted 04-08-2012 10:06 PM
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dss65 Member Posts: 1156 From: Sandpoint, ID, USA Registered: Mar 2003
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DChudwin Member Posts: 1096 From: Lincolnshire IL USA Registered: Aug 2000
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capoetc Member Posts: 2169 From: McKinney TX (USA) Registered: Aug 2005
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jasonelam Member Posts: 691 From: Monticello, KY USA Registered: Mar 2007
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LM1 Member Posts: 667 From: New York, NY Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 04-10-2012 01:22 PM
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Glint Member Posts: 1040 From: New Windsor, Maryland USA Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 04-10-2012 04:11 PM
...Mr. Wallace says he "covered a lot of space" for CBS News until 60 Minutes was launched on Sept. 24, 1968. Apollo 8 was his last close brush with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, which brushed him off when he asked why the spacecraft was passing over China "two or three times" on its return flight... Wouldn't that be due to the natural motion of the Earth as it rotated below the returning spacecraft? Perhaps it's good he moved on to cover 60 Minutes instead. That said, his son continues in the familily tradition of great journalism over at FOX News Channel. R.I.P. Mike Wallace. |
Gilbert Member Posts: 1328 From: Carrollton, GA USA Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 04-10-2012 05:38 PM
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ea757grrl Member Posts: 729 From: South Carolina Registered: Jul 2006
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