Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!REM@MIT-MC From: REM@MIT-MC@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.space Subject: Fender benders in space! Message-ID: <3344@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Fri, 22-Jul-83 10:47:00 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.3344 Posted: Fri Jul 22 10:47:00 1983 Date-Received: Sun, 24-Jul-83 04:26:03 EDT Lines: 10 From: Robert Elton MaasHow dumb can they be!!!! Didn't they simulate the whole launch and orbital sequence on a computer and notice that the booster was drifting uncomfortably close to the Oscar-10 satellite and decide to make sure they were far apart? Or didn't anyone on their staff randomly do an armchair calculation and notice the booster wasn't far away and wonder if it could possibly be within collision distance? (Gee, monday-morning quarterbacking is fun and accurate isn't it!)