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Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Fender benders in space!
Message-ID: <3344@sri-arpa.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 22-Jul-83 10:47:00 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 22 10:47:00 1983
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From:  Robert Elton Maas 

How 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!)