Just Ask, Inc. [SEP] original network
Just Ask, Inc.
Just Ask, Inc. is a Canadian children's science television series which aired on CBC Television in 1981.
Premise.
David Suzuki hosted this science series geared towards children between ages eight and twelve. Topics included anatomy, astronomy, nature, snoring and the twinkling of stars. Neil McInnes provided animated segments.
Scheduling.
This half-hour series was broadcast Wednesdays at 4:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 4 February to 25 March 1981, then another series run Mondays at 4:00
Conestoga I.
SSIA founder David Hannah then hired Deke Slayton, one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts. Slayton had just left NASA after running the Space Shuttle Landing and Approach validation testing (among earlier roles). SSIA purchased an Aries research rocket from Space Vector, Inc. which was developed for the U.S. Navy and NASA using the second stage of the Minuteman missile. The first launch of the new Conestoga I design took place on 9 Sep 1982, consisting of the core missile stage and a 500 kg dummy payload