... as a function of the media was implied during the movie. In a sense, the intrusion of the media into the families of the astronauts stranded in space was a problem. However, the media tends not to degrade itself. Three days after the launch of Apollo 13, the major networks were going to broadcast live footage from the confines of the Odyssey and Aquarius. The astronaut's families watched the footage at NASA's ... about the routine events; but, if the routine events go arry, no one can get rid of them. This presents itself as a public problem in my eyes. The other two functions of the med...

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