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Old July 7th 09, 01:06 AM posted to sci.space.history
Damon Hill[_4_]
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Default And yet more Ares woes:

Pat Flannery wrote in
dakotatelephone:


It will bring back real excitement to a rocket launch, as the public
can cower in foxholes and watch it through those cheap cardboard
periscopes like they sold when we were kids. :-D


Gives "INCOMING!!" a whole new emphasis, eh?

Wonder if the flight termination system can be rigged to go off
automatically if it loses integrity. False positives could be a
problem...

--Damon