Posted on 03/20/2006 5:45:00 PM PST by KevinDavis
Most of the media attention to NASA’s exploration vision has been found in the usual locations: a handful of newspapers that are either national in scope (New York Times, Washington Post) or with local space ties (Florida Today, Houston Chronicle), a number of online publications (including this one, of course), and the occasional piece in newsweeklies (Time, Newsweek) or science monthlies (Discover, Scientific American). Beyond that, though, there has been little coverage of NASA’s plans to return to the Moon and go on to Mars.
BR> So that’s why there was a bit of surprise a few weeks ago when word leaked out that NASA’s exploration plans were the subject of a lengthy article in, of all places, Rolling Stone magazine. It actually shouldn’t be that unexpected: while Rolling Stone is best known for its coverage of entertainment in general and the music business in particular (pop star and “comeback diva” Mariah Carey graced the cover of issue #994), the magazine has built up a reputation for doing in-depth journalism on a vast array of topics. In this case Rolling Stone devoted over 6,000 words, spread out over several oversized pages in dense, small type, to the article “Mars or Bust”. After reading the article, though, space advocates or those simply familiar with NASA’s plans might have wished the magazine had instead expanded its coverage of Ms. Carey.
(Excerpt) Read more at thespacereview.com ...
Rolling Stone- wanna see our pictures on the cover-
Stone- wanna buy 5 copies for our mothers-
Stone- wanna see my smilin? face
on the cover of the Rolling Stone.
thanks...
Looks like the Rolling Stone is doing yet another partisan hatchet job. No surprise there. The link to a related article is also worth a look. Thanks for posting, interesting as usual.
Whispers in the echo chamber
Why the media says the space plan costs a trillion dollars
by Dwayne A. Day
Monday, March 22, 2004
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/119/1
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