"off topic" Intelsat Retires the Oldest Commercial Communications Satellite
3 Nov
2008
3 Nov
'08
2:47 p.m.
I thought this might be of interest to the board. MARISAT F2 was a good bird I worked her for 2 years from the South Pole. She will be very much missed.
Robert
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Intelsat-Retires-Oldest-Commercial-Com...
4 Nov
4 Nov
2:07 a.m.
New subject: [amsat-bb] Re: "off topic" Intelsat Retires the Oldest Commercial Communications Satellite
On Nov 3, 2008, at 1:47 PM, [email protected] wrote:
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Intelsat-Retires-Oldest-Commercial-Com... {CCEF7D1C-5BD8-450A-8F8D-6697C72A329B}
Something built in the days when "Quality Assurance" at most companies was an attitude about how you did your work, not a department to be blamed for missed ship dates.
;-)
Thanks for sharing the story.
-- Nate Duehr, WY0X [email protected]
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