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|    SpaceX once left its rocket engineers on    |
|    02 Mar 21 10:29:45    |
      Such a kind boss.              "SpaceX engineers were living and working on Omelek, part of the Marshall       Islands' Kwajalein Atoll, because that's the spot the company chose to       escape the US Air Force. The Air Force had indefinitely delayed the       company's efforts to launch from California. But the US Army, which       oversaw the atoll, was friendlier to SpaceX's plans. Being close to the       equator also made it easier to reach orbit.              However, during that first year on the island, Berger writes, "logistics were       poor." Supply deliveries were often delayed, and the workers sometimes       went without food.              So one day in the fall of 2005, tensions boiled over into mutiny. The       employees went on strike to force an emergency supply drop, and were       eventually quelled with chicken wings and cigarettes."              See:              https://www.yahoo.com/news/spacex-once-left-rocket-engineers-170705974.html              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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