Russell McMahon wrote:
> I'm posting this because it shows that everyone misses out on the obvious
> sometimes - even people handling large heavy objects worth around $100
> million (!) There are lessons to be learnt here (and not only by the people
> who dropped the spacecraft).
>
>         http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=10299
>
> Do look if at all interested in how mistakes happen. A sad but illuminating
> event.

I was wondering how long it would take you to find out about this. Funny
how we get more pictures of this from an external source than we do from
inside the company. This whole thing was very hush hush for a few days,
then it was suddenly everywhere.

Incidentaly, I hear its closer to $600 million.

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