(Smiley) wrote:

First, thank you Ron, for posting these press releases here
for us to read.

But, I would like to find a source with more depth to it.
I realize
the press releases are for the general public, and the web
pages have a lot of material geared for school kids... all
great stuff, but I can't seem to find the more in-depth
stuff.

I imagine the content I want to see is on NASA TV.

NASA TV is a bad joke. Usually, it's some unattended cameras,
with an occasional droning voice telling you virtually nothing.
They can go for hours through what should be an interesting
event without any commentary at all. Then they show one side of
some kind of interview. Yes, one side. The interviewee sits
staring into a camera while an unheard and unseen person asks a
question, and then he answers it. Sometimes they broadcast a
program with a couple of cutesy teenagers talking down to
elementary school kids. Sometimes they have a press conference
where reporters ask questions (some of which are remarkably
stupid) that you can barely hear and a panel of NASA people
answer.

However, I can't
view the broadcast either via the airwaves, or online, and
can't seem to find any archives of the regular broadcasts
online.

Where do I get the good stuff?

You'll see virtually no "good stuff" on NASA TV, but if you're
in the Seattle area, try UWTV on one of the public access
channels. Don't bother looking for a schedule. Just keep that
channel tuned in until they (apparently) randomly cut NASA TV in
for a while. You might see other things that are more
interesting while you wait.

NASA TV ****es me off. They pay some people to do public
relations. They ought to pay a few more and give us some
interesting information.

They did something pretty good once...the pilot's view and some
crew cabin views, plus several ground station views of a shuttle
landing. That was cool. Every few minutes some babe would
interrupt the silence and tell where the shuttle was at the
time, and you could hear some of the communications.