(Not) Passing On Important Information
Behind the beautiful Soyuz launch: overcoming a communications emergency (Jim Oberg), SpaceReview
“So at the latest launch, its merely a minor embarrassment on the part of NASA official Geveden’s incorrect “happy talk” commentary, since the Americans who really needed the information had gotten it-and he wasnt on that list. Nor was it really worth bothering anyone else at the launch viewing stand, including the wife of one of the crewmen, who was at the launch.”
