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Joseph_Gallant
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This NBC/MSNBC press release, detailing the network's plans for covering next Wednesday's (July 13th) scheduled launch of the space shuttle Discovery on the first U.S. manned space mission since the Columbia disaster, listed some of the correspondents who will be seen during the coverage.
One of the correspondents listed is Jay Barbree, who has covered space for NBC News (mostly on radio until the late 1980's, mostly on MSNBC since it went on the air) since the beginning of America's space program.
Barbree, however, was identified as a "former astronaut".
That is not true.
Barbree was a finalist in the mid-1980's for a "journalist in space" who would have flown on a shuttle mission (I believe former CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite was one of the other finalists), but has never flown in space. The "journalist in space" project was abandoned after the Challenger disaster.
Jay Barbree has covered it all during his many years reporting on space for NBC/MSNBC, but only from the ground.
In fact, I wish Barbree, and not Brian Williams, would anchor launch coverage over the NBC Network. He's very knowledable on space exploration, and would be an asset to the network's launch coverage.
One of the correspondents listed is Jay Barbree, who has covered space for NBC News (mostly on radio until the late 1980's, mostly on MSNBC since it went on the air) since the beginning of America's space program.
Barbree, however, was identified as a "former astronaut".
That is not true.
Barbree was a finalist in the mid-1980's for a "journalist in space" who would have flown on a shuttle mission (I believe former CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite was one of the other finalists), but has never flown in space. The "journalist in space" project was abandoned after the Challenger disaster.
Jay Barbree has covered it all during his many years reporting on space for NBC/MSNBC, but only from the ground.
In fact, I wish Barbree, and not Brian Williams, would anchor launch coverage over the NBC Network. He's very knowledable on space exploration, and would be an asset to the network's launch coverage.