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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
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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
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