Wyckoff, Susan

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Supercollider Package, Ian MacPherson In-Studio (Miller); Mt. Graham Package, Strittmatter and Kennedy (Taylor); Robert Robb Commentary #44 (Wong). Segments on an update regarding the status of the superconducting supercollider project, the environmental and scientific costs of placing a telescope on Mount Graham, and Robert Robb's commentary (highway construction costs). There is a silent post-show take for the last 2:25 of the video.

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Segments on Space Probe 8 (Halley's Comet, Kitt Peak National Observatory, astronaut missions) and newspaper comic strips. The video is divided into three sections. Section 1 - Pre-tape/Wyckoff Int. (rec: 10/21/85, pb: TBA) from 00:00 to 14:20. Section 2 - Pre-Tape/Evans Int. (rec: 10/15/85, pb: TBA) from 14:21 to 29:20. Section 3 - Pre-Tape/Swanson Int. (rec: 10/16/85, pb: TBA) from 29:21 to 31:47.

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Halley's Comet special episode celebrating the one-year anniversary of Space Probe 8. There are television advertisements for the first minute; the introduction sequence is then shown and the episode continues normally. There are more TV ads for the last 2 minutes of the video.

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Mike Hutchinson In-Studio Interview (Grant); JPL Amateur Package (D'Alli); Susan Wyckoff Remote Interview (Grant). Segments on a failed proposition for sales tax-funded performing arts centers and Space Probe 8 (various astronomy-related topics).

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Kitt Peak Profile I Package (D'Alli); Fall Gardening Package (Cavanary); Infonet Package (Palacio). Segments on Space Probe 8 (various astronomy topics), desert horticulture, and telephone-based consumer information networks.

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Kitt Peak Profile II Package (D'Alli); Dr. Susan Wyckoff In-Studio Interview (D'Alli); Pete Manly In-Studio Interview (Grant). Space Probe 8 astronomy special; segments on various astronomy-related topics.

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Sam Lewis In-Studio Interview (Grant); Child Support Package (Shelton); Dr. Susan Wyckoff In-Studio Interview (Grant and D'Alli). Segments on Space Probe 8 (Halley's Comet), single mothers on welfare, and a state-wide audit of prison security, overcrowding, and escape attempts. There is a pre-show take for the first minute; the title card is then shown and the episode continues normally.

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Christmas Star Package (D'Alli); Steve Coe Interview Package (D'Alli); Zoo Education Package (Cavanary). Segments on Space Probe 8 (homemade viewing devices used to see Halley's Comet), the religious implications of Christmas occurring simultaneously with the appearance of a major comet, an education program at the Phoenix Zoo, and food bank donation opportunities.

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Bruce Babbitt In-Studio Interview (Corso); Susan Wyckoff Interview Package (D'Alli). Segments on a presentation of images of Halley's Comet taken at the Mount Hopkins Observatory and a detailed look at Governor Bruce Babbitt's budget proposal for 1986.

Scope and Contents Rep. Jim Green Remote Interview (Corso); Ron Evans In-Studio Interview (D'Alli); African Veldt Package (Cavanary). Segments on remedial classes for college-bound high school graduates, Space Probe 8 (Voyager's encounter with Uranus and an interview with an Apollo 17 astronaut discussing manned and unmanned space exploration), and the completion of the Phoenix Zoo's African Veldt expansion. There is a pre-show take for the first minute; the title card is then shown and the episode continues...