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From: ems@amdahl.UUCP (ems)
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Re: Re: Ariane destroyed
Message-ID: <2047@amdahl.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 20-Sep-85 19:29:20 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 20 19:29:20 1985
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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 ..?.
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