JimO does TV later today

I'll be doing two TV appearances late this afternoon for
my prime client, NBC News. The subject is the Cassini
probe arrival at Saturn (almost seven years en route)
and the repair spacewalk from the space station
(aborted last week when they found an oxygen leak).

Here's the current plan (both on cable shows):
MSNBC Lester Holt show, 5:45 EDT
CNBC 'Bulls Eye" show, 6:40 EDT.

Both spots will be 3-4 minutes long.

Jim

www.jamesoberg.com

On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 19:00:58 GMT, "JimO"
wrote:

I'll be doing two TV appearances late this afternoon for
my prime client, NBC News. The subject is the Cassini
probe arrival at Saturn (almost seven years en route)
and the repair spacewalk from the space station
(aborted last week when they found an oxygen leak).

Here's the current plan (both on cable shows):
MSNBC Lester Holt show, 5:45 EDT
CNBC 'Bulls Eye" show, 6:40 EDT.

Both spots will be 3-4 minutes long.

We saw you. You did a nice job, particularly when asked a dumb
question. I was glad I'm Jim Oberg.

Mary

--
Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer

On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 17:34:01 -0700, Mary Shafer
wrote:

We saw you. You did a nice job, particularly when asked a dumb
question. I was glad I'm Jim Oberg.

The Los Angeles Times should consult Jim O now and then. Big headline
on today's paper "NASA Satellite Orbits Jupiter".

Mary

--
Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer

Mary Shafer wrote:
On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 17:34:01 -0700, Mary Shafer
wrote:


We saw you. You did a nice job, particularly when asked a dumb
question. I was glad I'm Jim Oberg.


The Los Angeles Times should consult Jim O now and then. Big headline
on today's paper "NASA Satellite Orbits Jupiter".

How far from JPL are the offices of the LA Times? Time for a drive-by
shooting...

Mary Shafer wrote:

The Los Angeles Times should consult Jim O now and then. Big headline
on today's paper "NASA Satellite Orbits Jupiter".

LOL. What would we do without some of our illustrious mainstream
"science reporters"?

I'm reminded of some of the inane questions from yesterday's Cassini
Pre-SOI news conference. John Noble Wilford, Pulitzer Prize-winning
science reporter from The New York Times (National Reporting, 1984),
could not understand why Cassini's Saturn-relative velocity is higher at
the end of the SOI burn (viz., "I thought Cassini was *slowing* down!").
And, of course, let's not forget the "Sage of CNN," Miles O'Brien, who
wanted to know why, without using orbital mechanics in the explanation,
mind you, Cassini had to pass through Saturn's ring plane. If I were Bob
Mitchell, I would have stated that Earth, too, passes through the Saturn
ring plane ;-)

--


Alex R. Blackwell
University of Hawaii

"Alex R. Blackwell"

I'm reminded of some of the inane questions from yesterday's Cassini
Pre-SOI news conference. John Noble Wilford, Pulitzer Prize-winning
science reporter from The New York Times (National Reporting, 1984),
could not understand why Cassini's Saturn-relative velocity is higher
at
the end of the SOI burn (viz., "I thought Cassini was *slowing*
down!").

Hardly inane.

And, of course, let's not forget the "Sage of CNN," Miles O'Brien, who
wanted to know why, without using orbital mechanics in the explanation,
mind you, Cassini had to pass through Saturn's ring plane.

What is the answer, Dr Genius?

If I were Bob
Mitchell, I would have stated that Earth, too, passes through the
Saturn
ring plane ;-)

Too clever. Not what he meant to say, was it?


Alex R. Blackwell
University of Hawaii

Wise ass.

Revision wrote:
And, of course, let's not forget the "Sage of CNN," Miles O'Brien, who
wanted to know why, without using orbital mechanics in the explanation,
mind you, Cassini had to pass through Saturn's ring plane.

What is the answer, Dr Genius?

It's a plane. If you orbit something you go around it,
and thus travel from one side to the other. Since the
plane divides the volume around Saturn into two halves,
any and all orbits around Saturn either have to be in
the ring plane or pass through it. He probably meant
ring system, but for the money he makes there's no
excuse for not reading up on the weekends a little so
as to not look like a completely science-illiterate
dumbass.

Mary Shafer wrote:
On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 17:34:01 -0700, Mary Shafer
wrote:

We saw you. You did a nice job, particularly when asked a dumb
question. I was glad I'm Jim Oberg.

The Los Angeles Times should consult Jim O now and then. Big headline
on today's paper "NASA Satellite Orbits Jupiter".

Did Brad Guth write the story?
--
Gordon Davie
Edinburgh, Scotland

"Slipped the surly bonds of Earth...to touch the face of God"

Gordon Davie wrote:

Did ******** write the story?

Please don't encourage trolls by mentioning them in your posts.

Thanks.

--
Dave Michelson

Dave Michelson wrote:
Gordon Davie wrote:
Did ******** write the story?

Please don't encourage trolls by mentioning them in your posts.

Guth is hardly the Dark Lord Voldemort, Dave, he's just
a dumbass who can't tell the difference between
planetary bodies.