[meteorite-list] Rocks from Space Picture of the Day - March 22, 2010

[Darren Garrison]

On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:51:09 -0700, you wrote:

>When you concentrate on the education you lose a large portion of the 
>viewing audience. For the Meteorite Men show to work they had to make 
>some sacrifices for the benefit of the probable success of the show. 

Or, even more to the point-- the Science channel does not exist to educate-- it
exists to make money.  So they sacrafice educational quality for the sake of
getting a bigger audience.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/science-channel-refuses-to-dumb-down-science-any-f,2897/

You want educational programming?  Go with PBS.