On Thu, 7 Aug 2003 16:02:41 -0400, "BenignVanilla"
wrote:


The
spacecraft with the Russian-US crew on board made an unauthorized
off-target ballistic descent," he said.
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I love the wayspace guys put things. *laugh* Reminds me of the Challenger
accident, when the first negative words I heard, were something like, "We
have had a major malfunction."

Steve Nesbitt, NASA Public Affairs Officer:

"Flight controllers here looking very carefully at the situation.
Obviously a major malfunction."



Brian