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From the High Desert

A cultural history of Art Bell and the world he broadcast into being.

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Don Savage

Don Savage

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Don Savage is a NASA public affairs officer and agency spokesperson known for his role communicating space science findings to the media and general public. As a guest on late-night radio, he defended Hubble Space Telescope observations of Comet Hale-Bopp and addressed widespread speculation about anomalous objects near the comet, providing an official scientific counterpoint during one of the program's most heated astronomical debates.

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May 1, 1997: NASA - Ray Villard & Don Savage

May 1, 1997
2h 51m
NASA public affairs officers Don Savage and Ray Villard appear on the program after the agency sends Art Bell a two-page letter defending its Hubble Space Telescope observations of Comet Hale-Bopp. The letter was prompted by listener faxes flooding NASA headquarters following claims by Richard C. Hoagland that Hubbl...