NASA Sets News Conference With Shuttle And Space Station Crews
“The nine crew members aboard space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station will hold a news conference starting at 5:42 a.m. EDT on Thursday, May 26. Reporters may ask questions in person from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Kennedy Space Center in Florida and agency headquarters in Washington.”
Keith’s note: Less than 24 hours notice about this crew presser (how many weeks have they known about this?) and at 5:42 am EDT? That’s 4:42 am in Houston and 2:42 am on the west coast. I guess there is not a lot of interest in having U.S. media participate – or be awake when doing so … and then NASA complains when things like this don’t get adequate (or quality) media coverage? Gee, I wonder why.
Keith’s note: To be fair the crew is more or less working overnight U.S. time. But the ISS crew is not – you can see it in the daily schedules. And the ISS/Shuttle complex is rather large i.e.
