News from Outer Space
How the hearts of those running ZB Sunday Showcase must have leaped up at the news of the launching of the
second Russian satellite. "This Spaceffis Reserved," The Listener notice read, with doubtless intentional ambiguity, and, not knowing what to expect, I was soon deeply involved in the New Zealand documentary recording the experiments made to determine human reactions to very high altitude flying. The dialogue between the experimenter and his subject reminded me of nothing so much as Professor Zaehner’s account of his reactions under mescalin while exploding Aldous MHuxley’s "mescalin equals mysticism" fantasies, but the skilful presentation of the experiments made me feel that I was actively assisting at them. And at the end came the announcement that Sputnik II and its passenger were aloft, chiming in with almost planned exactness on the programme. The excitement and enthusiasm of the announcer were good to hear after so much (I suppose inescapable) passionless radio presentation of the news, and added an extra immediacy to what we had just heard. This was fine radio journalism. I often wish that announcets would take us into their confidence a little more by referring to relevant things in the world about us when the right programme comes their
way
J.C.
R.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 37, Issue 954, 22 November 1957, Page 34
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212News from Outer Space New Zealand Listener, Volume 37, Issue 954, 22 November 1957, Page 34
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