Here's A Really Interesting TV/Video Opportunity for Someone

Earthrise

Some years ago, Kevin Kelly published a book entitled The Home Planet.

It was a collection of some of the most astonishing photographs from space I have ever seen.

I still have it.

What made the book particularly interesting (I interviewed Kelly when I was at CBS News) is that he got all the photos for free from NASA.

They were (and are) in the public domain.

That is, they had been paid for by our tax dollars and so belonged to the public.

There were (and are) millions of them.

(Often shot with Hasselblads on 6x6 so quite good).

What Kelly did was organize them and thus create a wonderful book.

Yesterday, I came across this video from NASA.

It's a collection of shots of the Shuttle lifting off.

As you can see, NASA makes great engineers, but TV producers they are not.

And I am sure this is only the tip of the iceberg - the very tip.

I am sure there are thousands and thousands of hours of absolutely spectacular NASA film and HD video available, also in the public domain.

Look at some of these shots. They were made with the best equipment available at the time. And look at the access! Do you wanna go stand under that thing when it takes off clutching your camcorder?

In any event, as you can see, they really don't have the vaguest idea of how to present it to the public (which could account for a lot of their problems in garnering support for more funding).  But someone (like you) could assemble the footage, create some incredible documentaries or even music videos.

Well, here's an opportunity.