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Re: Deep Space One On TLC

Interestingly, Marc Rayman, the Project Manager for DS1, noted this in the most recent DS1 Mission Log (July 29, 2001):

"A documentary on the primary mission is scheduled for cable broadcast
in the United States in an episode of Science Frontiers on The Learning
Channel (TLC) on August 22. (The program also will be shown in some
European and Asian countries and in most large, permanently shadowed
craters throughout the solar system, but we do not know when.) As the
date nears, viewers in the US should verify the schedule by clicking here
or here. In the Eastern, Central, and Mountain time zones, it will be on at
10:00 pm EDT and again at 1:00 am EDT on August 23. For viewers in
the Pacific time zone, it will be shown at 10:00 pm PDT, and it will be on
at either 7:00 pm PDT or 1:00 am PDT depending upon your local cable
company. According to sources in an unnamed globular cluster where the
documentary was previewed, it is a chance to see some of the faces
behind the great successes of Deep Space 1 as well as to learn a bit
about a few of the exotic technologies that were tested on this
incredible mission. The show incorrectly treats the low-priority, bonus
encounter with an asteroid as if it were a focus of the mission, which it
was not, and it exaggerates or even creates problems for the purposes
of drama; but it also will remind you how much was accomplished by a
small, enthusiastic, and capable team, and it probably contains the only
close-up view, albeit an extremely brief one, that will be televised that
whole day of the license plate and bumper sticker on your
correspondent's car. No faithful Deep Space 1 enthusiast will want to
miss this program!"

For full mission log, see http://nmp.jpl.nasa.gov/ds1/mrlog.html

Alex R. Blackwell
University of Hawaii

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