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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Getting into the press area for shuttle launches?
Message-ID: <1990Sep10.151730.7361@zoo.toronto.edu>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <3876@sactoh0.SAC.CA.US> <1990Sep4.001018.4034@zoo.toronto.edu> <SHAFER.90Sep5111310@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov> <1990Sep10.050419.11878@mthvax.cs.miami.edu>
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 90 15:17:30 GMT

In article <1990Sep10.050419.11878@mthvax.cs.miami.edu> bsherman@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (Bob Sherman) writes:
>>>Recent reports say that there will be no, repeat no, passes for this
>>>launch [STS-41], because there is a strong possibility that NASA will be badly
>>>short of funds around then, and supervision of visitors has been classed
>>>as a luxury.
>
>As a member of the WORKING PRESS, I certainly hope that NASA is not
>planning to change their policy
>regarding the press mound area. We have enough
>media people running around there, without having to worry about the
>general public with "passes" in the area too...

If they can't supervise them, they simply won't let them in.  What you
should be worrying about is whether they will let *you* in, because you
count as visitors-needing-supervision too.
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