"Rand Simberg" wrote in message
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On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 20:27:43 GMT, in a place far, far away, "gmw"
made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way
as to indicate that:

A Sad if predictable end.

It's not necessarily the end. It's a restructuring. They may still
end up flying (though I've never been particularly thrilled with the
concept), but the initial investors will take a bath.

Maybe they should look to the Brazilians which just might want a few quality
parts. .

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/space/2063542
Brazil mourns dead, vows to reinforce space program