While writing the previous post, Ammy and I had Apollo 13 on cable in the background.

Watching, while Ammy was composing, one of the astronaut's wives was dismayed when she found that her husband's live (pre-accident) television broadcast from the capsule wasn't being picked up by any of the networks. The newsman replied: "Nowadays a moon-shot is passe. You guys make a trip to the moon as exciting as a trip to Pittsburgh."

Ouch! Let's just hope our capsule doesn't blow up.