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From: broehl@watdcsu.UUCP (Bernie Roehl)
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Re: Re: Ariane destroyed
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Date: Mon, 23-Sep-85 14:56:36 EDT
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Reply-To: broehl@watdcsu.UUCP (Bernie Roehl)
Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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>> 
>> A mission can fail at any of several points.  It can fail before LEO; this
>> has *never* happened with the Shuttle, but has happened several times with
>> the Ariane.  is
>
>I assume you are not counting missions delayed or scrubed
>as being a failure before LEO ..?.
>-- 

To me, there's a significant difference between delaying a lauch and blowing
up the rocket (and payload) in mid-air.