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From: ethan@utastro.UUCP (Ethan Vishniac)
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Re: Shuttle Movies
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Date: Tue, 9-Jul-85 19:25:14 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul  9 19:25:14 1985
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> From: Lyons.HENR@Xerox.ARPA
> 
> A movie presumeably made from the IMAX pictures is now showing at the
> Rochester Planetarium entitled, "The Space Shuttle An American
> Adventure."  It shows a shuttle launch closeup, as well as training
> pictures, pictures of the earth from the shuttle, and eva operations
> with the remote arm in repairing solar max.  The film was apparantly
> made for showing on the ceilings of planetariums throughout the country.

And if it is as poorly presented in your home town as it was in Rochester
it is a damn good idea to avoid this joker.  The images were consistently
badly out of focus. (Think about the combination of straining your neck
to take in the whole picture and straining your eyes to make anything out.)
The film itself was moderately boring.  The makers concentrated on showing
things of minimal interest.  The only part that would have been worth seeing
(more clearly) were the shots from the shuttle bay, a small part of the picture.
-- 

"Don't argue with a fool.      Ethan Vishniac
 Borrow his money."            {charm,ut-sally,ut-ngp,noao}!utastro!ethan
                               Department of Astronomy
                               University of Texas