Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 8/21/84; site styx.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!drutx!mtuxo!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!nsc!pyramid!decwrl!sun!idi!styx!mcb From: mcb@styx.UUCP (Michael C. Berch) Newsgroups: net.space Subject: Re: Ariane destroyed Message-ID: <12962@styx.UUCP> Date: Tue, 24-Sep-85 17:49:42 EDT Article-I.D.: styx.12962 Posted: Tue Sep 24 17:49:42 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 28-Sep-85 07:25:26 EDT References: <536@petrus.UUCP> Reply-To: mcb@lll-tis-b.UUCP (Michael C. Berch) Organization: Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Livermore, CA Lines: 14 Summary: Remember the Rainbow Warrior! In article <536@petrus.UUCP> karn@petrus.UUCP (Phil R. Karn) writes: > . . . > It is of course too soon to know what happened, but the last Ariane failure > (L-5) also occurred during the third stage burn. That one was caused by a > turbopump failure, and this one looks very similar. > > This is the launch that the French Prime Minister decided to watch in person. Which presumably serves him right for the dirty deed done to Greenpeace's "Rainbow Warrior". Karma, anyone? :-( Michael mcb@lll-tis-b.ARPA idi!styx!mcb