Galileo

"Galileo" is the 31st episode of The West Wing. President Bartlet is excited about the chance to watch images from Galileo, an unmanned spacecraft on a voyage to Mars, with schoolchildren across the country, and challenges the staff to come up with a bigger idea for the day's event. Although the event is somewhat truncated by a technical fiasco, C. J. finally has an idea that the President embraces. President Bartlet and Leo face a terrestrial pr... more

"Galileo" is the 31st episode of The West Wing. President Bartlet is excited about the chance to watch images from Galileo, an unmanned spacecraft on a voyage to Mars, with schoolchildren across the country, and challenges the staff to come up with a bigger idea for the day's event. Although the event is somewhat truncated by a technical fiasco, C. J. finally has an idea that the President embraces. President Bartlet and Leo face a terrestrial problem when a fire erupts at a Russian missile silo, and they quickly become enraged by the Russian Ambassador's untruthful approach. They are later horrified when they learn how the fire started, but finally sympathetic to Russia's myriad problems. C.J. has to control the damage when an interview which states that the President doesn't like green beans appears in Oregon, a state which produces many green beans. She is also reluctant to attend a Kennedy Center event for an Icelandic orchestral group because she just promoted an in-house... less