Post Launch wrap up…
Mark Fleisher of the Elmira Star-Gazette wraps up yesterday’s coverage…(via FTVLive)
Fox and CNN made the unfortunate choice of retaining distracting crawls throughout their coverage, offering such vital news as TV Guide planning to soon publish a full-size magazine.
As does Mike McDaniel of the Houston Chronicle…
“The press corps is normally very cool and very jaded,” said FNC’s Rick Leventhal, “but there were a lot of gasps” as Discovery lifted off.
And Richard Huff of the New York Daily News…
“I remember thinking to myself, ‘I hope this thing does not blow up,’ ” retired astronaut Rick Hauck said on MSNBC, recalling the moment when his fuel tanks separated from the shuttle.


