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Apollo

Shutdowns And History (Update)

By Keith Cowing
NASA Watch
December 27, 2018

NASA Watch founder, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA, Away Teams, Journalist, Space & Astrobiology, Lapsed climber.

4 responses to “Shutdowns And History (Update)”

  1. Jack says:
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    I seriously doubt that would have been the case. The broadcasts were in the flight plan and they sure as heck weren’t going to cancel the mission in the middle of it.

    BTW: NASA TV was still showing programming this afternoon and if they don’t cover the flyby the New Horizons website will be.

    • kcowing says:
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      You totally missed the point, didn’t you?

    • fcrary says:
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      That’s not quite the point. By current rules, a planned broadcast from Apollo 8 would have been cancelled if it was not necessary for flight safety. Communications with Apollo 8 would have been exempt, obviously. A PR television event, on the other hand, would not have been a flight safety requirement nor (arguably) mission critical. NASA could have successfully flown Apollo 8 without saying one word to the public or having given the media one image. Under the current rules for a government shutdown, that’s what they would have been required to do.