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tullio
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RE: Since the US Air Force

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Since the US Air Force probably put lots of the debris there in the first place, they manage to keep an eye on their own trash. ;-)


Yes, they hit a satellite with a rocket, but also the Chinese did a similar experiment.Anyway space is full of junk from both civilian and military launches and it is becoming a real danger to manned missions. I've read that a contract has been awarded, I think to Microsoft, for a program capable of managing it. Recently an American telecommunications satellite had a close encounter with an old Russian military spacecraft, resulting in more junk.
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RE: I've read that a

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I've read that a contract has been awarded, I think to Microsoft, for a program capable of managing it.


Why does that not fill me with much confidence?

Warning, imminent crash between objects XC00389 and known satellite. Press F1 for more details

click F1

Terminating thread due to stack overflow. A VxD, probably recently installed, has consumed too much stack space. Increase the settings for MinSPs in SYSTEM.INI or remove recently installed VxDs. There are currently 4 SPs allocated.
[pre]Press a key to reboot the system[/pre]

:-D

tullio
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As an old Unix hand, I

As an old Unix hand, I suggest "double panic" as a message.
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Mike Hewson
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RE: RE: I've read that a

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I've read that a contract has been awarded, I think to Microsoft, for a program capable of managing it.

Why does that not fill me with much confidence?


Errr .... the close juxtaposition of the clause 'program capable of managing' to the word 'Microsoft' ? :-)

Cheers, Mike.

I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...

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