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From: Anh Vo <anhvofrcaus@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Programming error' caused Russian rocket failure
Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 09:33:23 -0800 (PST)
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On Dec 9, 1:41=C2=A0am, "comp.lang.c++.moderated" <pyf...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6 =D0=B4=D0=B5=D0=BA, 21:06, Anh Vo <anhvofrc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101206/wl_asia_afp/russiaspacescience
>
> > This appeared on Yahoo news. I saw it today. Hopefully, some one will
> > share with the group the relevant knowledge regarding this subject.
>
> What else would you expect from an ancient (>30 years old) technology?

Why does it fail now but not before? Old technology is not
neccessarily translated to failure. After all, the Russian has good
record, although not the best, when it comes to space technology.