ROSE'S QUERY ON CONTENT OF LFM 101

From: Geoff Haines-Stiles <ghaines@quest.arc.nasa.gov>
Subject: ROSE'S QUERY ON CONTENT OF LFM 101
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 07:58:11 -0700 (PDT)

Hi, Rose:

The November 19 date for COUNTDOWN (LFM 101) was selected for two 
reasons: (1) teachers have told us that too close to the year-end 
vacations things get hectic in school, and (2) no-one (NASA, we,the 
President) cannot predict exactly when Pathfinder will launch: its 
window opens Dec 5 (I think) at around 02:00 (yes, 2 am) for a couple of 
minutes. It could launch at any time between then and late December. It's 
hard to make a tv program around such necessary uncertainty. Thus we plan 
to use the Global Surveyor launch (which is on an identical rocket from 
the same launch facility) to show the final stages of pre-launch 
activity, and be in a facility of Cape Canaveral where we (students, 
teachers, etc.) will be some of the last humans to see MPF and Sojourner 
on Earth. Seems pretty exciting to me, and reflects the real world 
timetable. Rose, let us know if this still seems unconvincing!

Thanks to all for your ongoing input and interest.

Onwards and Upwards,
Geoff Haines-Stiles