An unfortunate incident that illustrates the hazards of the Space business and why, if it can be afforded in terms of personel and money, it could be best to build two copies of any satellite so at least the replacement can be launched fairly quickly.

News item at http://www.southgatearc.org/news/september2007/japanese_satellite_crashes.ht...

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