think ITAR.


"Michael Kent" wrote in message
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"Jorge R. Frank" jrfrank wrote:

wrote in news:1139939345.742857.276920
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Ed Kyle wrote:

wrote:

What does Sea Launch think they are gaining by being so stingy with
information about why they had to scrub two launches?

Strictly speaking, there is no reason that they have to
inform the public about what they are doing.

Agreed. I'm just curious, and they have no need to tell me anything.
But if they want their business to grow, they will need to explain to
the folks who have real satellites to launch, and the money to do it.

Oh, I imagine the number of such customers is low enough that Sea Launch
can use more direct methods to keep them up-to-date without issuing press
releases...

Very true. But I've watched quite a few launches by NASA, Boeing, and
Lockheed Martin, and I watched Sea Launch's first EchoStar X launch
attempt live on DISH network. To say they were stingy with the scrub
details was an understatement. They came back from a pre-taped piece
on the payload with about two sentences that the payload and rocket were
fine and that they'd launch at a later date. Goodbye. Cut to still
graphic. Never even mentioned the word "scrub."

It may have been completely innocent, but it *looked* like they were
hiding something.

Mike

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