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From: Steve O'Neill <oneills@top.monad.net>
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Subject: Re: Ariane Failure
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 20:48:37 -0400
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Marin David Condic wrote:
> 
> "Never" is a really long time! :-) 

Well, I'll give you that... and concede that one should never say never.

> There are lots of good engineering reasons to develop multi-redundant 
> identical systems. 

Agreed... except when the potential result may be raining down flaming
pieces of a billion dollars worth of satellite.  As I recall the photos
were very impressive.

Steve