Re: Are you a DirecTV subscriber? Take 2 minutes and do me a favor
- From: Louis WU <louis_wu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2005 12:27:48 +0000
On 4 Jul 2005 00:58:42 -0700, "cje" <cje@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>I just got done spending 3 wonderful hours watching the live coverage
>of the Deep Impact mission on NASA TV, which is carried by DirecTV.
>When the old guy sitting next to the NASA TV anchor reported that they
>had lost the S-band link with the impactor, I got a big grin on my
>face. When the impact had been confirmed and the control room erupted
>in cheers, that grin got bigger. And when they showed those spectacular
>images of the event from the cameras on Deep Impact, I was wearing a
>bigger grin than I've worn in .. well, quite a while. Hell, I was
>teary-eyed. When you see something that so many people have worked so
>hard on for so long come together this well, it just makes you feel
>good.
>
>The rest of the "news networks" more or less ignored this. CNN
>International had a few minutes of live coverage after the impact, but
>by and large, it seems like the folks at CNN, MSNBC, and Fox think that
>a third re-run of the latest Natalee Holloway news is more important.
>This is why we need access to NASA TV. Yes, it can be streamed from the
>Web, but it's not quite the same as watching it on the big screen from
>the comfort of your recliner.
>
>I just went to DirecTV's Web site and left a note with Customer Service
>thanking them for carrying NASA TV. If you value the availability of
>NASA TV, I would encourage you to do the same. Content providers in
>general (and DirecTV in particular) can be somewhat fickle about the
>content that they serve, and it never hurts to let them know that you
>appreciate something, even if it's something that seems somewhat
>esoteric, niche, or special-interest.
>
>So if you subscribe to DirecTV and have a few minutes, drop them a line
>and make your support of NASA TV known. It would be a shame to have it
>replaced with yet another shopping channel.
>
>Thanks for your time!
I wrote them from 1998 onwards about getting NASA TV, with all the
swill that fills up their bandwidth, it's nice that they finally
listened.
Great show last night. My sig got vaporized on the impactor, too.
ooooooooo
Louis WU
ooooooooo
.
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