CNN makes error... yet again

[macmcseboy]

check this link out you will like this.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/02/23/sprj.colu.shuttle.debris.ap/index.html

here is the error in question

Finding the landing gear could give investigators important clues about why the shuttle broke apart on February, 1, killing all eight crew members. The board investigating the accident has determined Columbia almost certainly suffered a breach along its wing and possibly its main landing gear compartment that allowed searing air to blast inside during its descent at nearly 12,500 mph.

I am not mistaken it says Eight crewmembers, as opposed to seven.

[SKY]

From the article above:



Finding the landing gear could give investigators important clues about why the shuttle broke apart on February, 1, killing all eight crew members. The board investigating the accident has determined Columbia almost certainly suffered a breach along its wing and possibly its main landing gear compartment that allowed searing air to blast inside during its descent at nearly 12,500 mph.


Yep, definitely says eight.

It also says that the shuttle was traveling at 12,500 mph. I thought they were traveling at 18 times the speed of light.

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[macmcseboy]

ya I saw the 18c picture. these guys are getting downright loony.

[Lexx_Luthor]

A stowaway? Maybe somebody tried to sabatoge the spacecraft on the pad, got trapped onboard during launch, and his/her extra mass made them go off trajectory during re~entry. No, that was Lost In Space.

Wait till election year. Then it will be Bush shot down the shuttle over Texas with the anti~missle system. /phpBB/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif

[The Shade]

Why wait 'til election year. We've already got some loonies doing it now. /phpBB/images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif

[SiriMurthy]

On 2003-02-24 00:56, SKY wrote:
From the article above:



Finding the landing gear could give investigators important clues about why the shuttle broke apart on February, 1, killing all eight crew members. The board investigating the accident has determined Columbia almost certainly suffered a breach along its wing and possibly its main landing gear compartment that allowed searing air to blast inside during its descent at nearly 12,500 mph.


Yep, definitely says eight.

It also says that the shuttle was traveling at 12,500 mph. I thought they were traveling at 18 times the speed of light.

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Holy Crap! Time and again CNN shows that it really is Crappy News Network.

[SiriMurthy]

On 2003-02-24 00:56, SKY wrote:
From the article above:



Finding the landing gear could give investigators important clues about why the shuttle broke apart on February, 1, killing all eight crew members. The board investigating the accident has determined Columbia almost certainly suffered a breach along its wing and possibly its main landing gear compartment that allowed searing air to blast inside during its descent at nearly 12,500 mph.


Yep, definitely says eight.

It also says that the shuttle was traveling at 12,500 mph. I thought they were traveling at 18 times the speed of light.

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Hey conspiracy believers: look, NASA has technology to surpass speed of light, that too, they have achieved 18c. So far they have hidden it from public. We demand an investigation!

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[Zap]

18 times the speed of light??? Thats like really really fast. /phpBB/images/smiles/icon_wink.gif

CNN is the champion of bad astronomy. Nothing else compares!

[Resu]

the eighth crew member must be Marvin.
Now I really should pay attention to my AI class...

[tracer]

Well, Star Trek: First Contact did claim that Zephram Cochrane's first experimental warp-powered space ship was launched some time in the 21st century ... and it's the 21st century right now....

[tracer]

And speaking of errors on CNN (say it isn't so!) ...


At one point, I heard second-hand that CNN had some on-screen text reporting that the space shuttle was travelling at "MOCK 18" when it re-entered.

[SKY]

On 2003-02-24 22:11, tracer wrote:
And speaking of errors on CNN (say it isn't so!) ...


At one point, I heard second-hand that CNN had some on-screen text reporting that the space shuttle was travelling at "MOCK 18" when it re-entered.


I heard that repeatedly, not just on CNN. /phpBB/images/smiles/icon_confused.gif

[Irishman]

Mach 18 would be 18 times the speed of sound. "Mock" 18 means 18 people making fun of you? /phpBB/images/smiles/icon_wink.gif

[SKY]

On 2003-02-25 00:57, Irishman wrote:
Mach 18 would be 18 times the speed of sound. "Mock" 18 means 18 people making fun of you? /phpBB/images/smiles/icon_wink.gif



AAHH, I didn't catch that. /phpBB/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif

Thanks Irishman

[daver]

On 2003-02-24 22:11, tracer wrote:
And speaking of errors on CNN (say it isn't so!) ...


At one point, I heard second-hand that CNN had some on-screen text reporting that the space shuttle was travelling at "MOCK 18" when it re-entered.


Hmm, in a similar vein, the Back to the Future ride at Universal had the DeLorean needing jiggawatts of electricity.

[tracer]

Well, at least the Back to the Future ride didn't say that the "jiggawatts" of electricity need to come from a "nuke-you-lar" power source.

[frenat]

Actually, the word gigawatt can be pronounced either way. But don't take my word for it, take a look
dictionary.com (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=gigawatt)
In fact the pronounciation used in "Back To The Future" is the one listed first. Or this entry found at Merriam-Websters (http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary) site

One entry found for gigawatt.

Main Entry: giga·watt
Pronunciation: 'ji-g&-"wät, 'gi-
Function: noun
Date: circa 1962
: a unit of power equal to one billion watts


I also checked the Oxford English Dictionary (http://www.oed.com) online but I can't link to the exact page as it requires a subscription, but it listed both as well.

[daver]

On 2003-02-26 08:24, frenat wrote:
Actually, the word gigawatt can be pronounced either way.


I have no quibble with the pronunciation--that's the way it was pronounced in the movie, after all. What struck me as amusing was the spelling--the guy making the signs appears to have assumed the word was a buzzword created for the movie and just made up a spelling. I suppose it's possible that the shooting script actually misspelled it that way so the actors would have a consistent pronunciation.

[daver]

gack. dup post, and too late to cancel it. sorry.

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[frenat]

I didn't realize that you meant it was actually spelled that way on a sign at the ride. That's just wrong. I did check some scripts online and they had it spelled right but that doesn't mean they didn't fix it afterward.

[daver]

On 2003-02-26 14:07, frenat wrote:
I didn't realize that you meant it was actually spelled that way on a sign at the ride. That's just wrong. I did check some scripts online and they had it spelled right but that doesn't mean they didn't fix it afterward.



Sorry, i didn't explain it very well. And, not only was it misspelled once, it was misspelled multiple times, on multiple signs. But at least they were consistent.