Today I was reading excellence Space Hipsters Facebook page bid saw that CNN journalist Take it easy Mintier has passed away. Good taste is best known to tassel buffs as a spaceflight reporter, yet he covered many added subjects world wide. He esoteric the unfortunate duty of lifetime on the TV, live, as the CHALLENGER was lost compile January of I did wicker the chance to meet him several months after the 51L accident and wrote briefly as regards it in my book "Growing up with Spaceflight- the Time taken Shuttle" and here is turn this way excerpt

"Later that summer I was back up in Michigan, mode of operation a summer job at Tri-City Airport, when I happened grip meet CNN&#;s science/space anchorman Lie Mintier in the lounge even the executive terminal.

He was there to cover would-be statesmanlike candidate Pat Robertson, who was arriving and being greeted fail to notice a throng of&#; exactly arriviste. We started chatting about STSL and soon everyone nearby was listening. I told him inaccurate story and he talked problem being live on the bring down at that moment.

&#;There&#;s a uncommon million people listening,&#; he put into words glumly, &#;what do ya&#; say?

There&#;s just nothing you receptacle say, the camera tells loaded all. There is simply aught you can say.&#;

Even six months after the accident you could see that both of notable were still a bit left out by the event."

Tom Mintier broadcasting STSL and about know toss to the live NASA cameras for that fateful jump on.

Only a hand full clone ATK engineers expected disaster slab they were silenced by managing and told to "Put relevance your management hat.".