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This was an "Internet only" airing of HDNet World Report. Space Shuttle Discovery returned to space after a program hiatus in July of 2005. Mark Cuban, founder of HDNet, had a contract with NASA to make hi-def recordings (then a relative rarity) of shuttle launches. This program contained footage from the Discovery's launch and other interviews and reports surrounding the mission. The program was released as a 1.3GB downloadable 720p WMV9 file from www.hd.net in August of 2005.
Mexico has long been a major exporter of oil, but now their main supply is running dry. So they are drilling deeper and deeper in the Gulf of Mexico, and some worry that a catastrophic oil spill could occur, even worse than the BP spill last year. Correspondent Greg Dobbs is in Mexico to investigate. Then, correspondent Maura Axelrod introduces us to a unique hospital in Afghanistan, where American doctors and nurses are trying to bring modern medicine to a place that badly needs it.
World Report documents the mission of Shuttle Discovery, from the events leading up to the STS-114 launch to the touchdown of the spacecraft.
