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Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 08:57:27 -0400
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On 3/17/2011 7:34 PM, robin wrote:
> Provided that the two SRI computers remained switched on, the mission was safe.
> Switching off "two still healthy critical units of equipment" guaranteed failure.

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