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   Jan C. =?iso-8859-1?Q?Vorbr=FCggen? to All   
   Re: HST: why considered "dead" without S   
   28 Jan 04 15:15:58   
   
   From: jvorbrueggen@mediasec.de   
      
   > There is designing for the real world, and then there is designing for an   
   > imaginary world in which your predictions are always right and there is no   
   > need to take even simple precautions when the predictions say they are   
   > unnecessary.   
      
   In other areas of human endeavour, this is called, e.g., defensive driving   
   or indeed defensive engineering.   
      
   > -- the ISS airlock gear includes "contingency   
   > toolboxes", with an assortment of general-purpose gear to "provide a   
   > generic capability to react to unforeseen situations" -- but not always.   
      
   Possibly triggered by that little "problem" some Mir cosmonauts had when   
   they barely managed to pry open a stuck hatch in time?   
      
   	Jan   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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