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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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