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Topic: Oops.
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Rodina Member Posts: 836 From: Lafayette, CA Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 09-12-2003 09:20 AM
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=10299 |
John K. Rochester Member Posts: 1292 From: Rochester, NY, USA Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 09-12-2003 10:02 AM
.. throw it out on the front lawn, call it a sculpture, take grant money to support the arts, build a new one with the moola!! |
cklofas Member Posts: 221 From: Euless,TX USA Registered: Mar 2003
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posted 09-12-2003 10:18 AM
Well, its nice to know Homer Simpson found a new job.... |
spaceheaded Member Posts: 147 From: MD Registered: Feb 2003
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posted 09-12-2003 12:19 PM
That's the way it GOES, sometimes.Bill |
spaceuk Member Posts: 2113 From: Staffs, UK Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 09-12-2003 02:04 PM
Luckily - looks like no-one injured - otherwise it could have been even more serious. Another example of procedures not being carried out and short cuts being taken by the tone of the news report ? |
Hawkman Member Posts: 400 From: Union, New Jersey Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 09-14-2003 10:22 AM
quote: Originally posted by John K. Rochester: .. throw it out on the front lawn, call it a sculpture, take grant money to support the arts, build a new one with the moola!!
Stick it in the Museum of Modern Art in NYC and no one will ever know that it was an accident.
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chet Member Posts: 1506 From: Beverly Hills, Calif. Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 09-14-2003 11:28 AM
Nasa: Nah, let's just use it anyway!-chet |
Rizz Member Posts: 1208 From: Upcountry, Maui, Hawaii Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 09-14-2003 01:25 PM
I just love how they call it an anomaly. Lockheed had another anomaly with a 1.6m primary telescope mirror a while back.[This message has been edited by Rizz (edited September 14, 2003).] |
tegwilym Member Posts: 2331 From: Sturgeon Bay, WI Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 09-15-2003 12:41 PM
Ebay that thing. I'll start the bidding at $5!Tom
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