| July 16/23 are the times of the PBS feed. Your local PBS may choose to
show it at some other time, or not at all.
In 'greater Boston', it appears that the only station carrying it is Ch
44 (WGBX), with the first showing the day after the feed date. Like
much of the other interesting stuff on the PBS 'C' feed (like the
weekly 'NASA at work' series), the local PBS stations think we'd rather
watch a locally produced program on The League of New Hampshire Clam
Weavers, or somesuch.
gary
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| I watched the first part last night. Quite interesting, and fewer
errors than the usual amount that occur when documentary writers get
off the beaten track.
Some good shots of early Chinese research flights. The section on ISAS
(Japan) focused a bit too much on the 'Pencil' rocket (as the
interviewee rightly complained) and completely ignored the Kappa,
Lambda, etc series.
They seemed to think NASDA (the other Japanese space agency) bought
their rockets from McDonnell Douglas. In reality they build the N
series and the first stage of the H-1 under license from McDD which is
a significant difference in this case as they gain the experience of
building them. No mention of the LH2/LOX upper stage on the H-1 or
McDD's attempt to buy it for use on the Delta II.
Still, it is worth watching if your local PBS chooses to show it.
gary
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