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From: ralf@b.gp.cs.cmu.edu (Ralf Brown)
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Subject: Re: The Soviet PHOBOS 2 Mars probe.
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Date: 24 Jul 89 23:18:13 GMT
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In article <8907241926.AA08447@decwrl.dec.com> klaes@wrksys.dec.com (CUP/ASG, MLO5-2/G1 6A, 223-3283) writes:
}    months back was a technical problem - the Soviets are roughly ten 
}    years behind the United States in space technology.  PHOBOS 2 had 

Of course, they're about ten years ahead in routine, frequent, short-lead-time
access to space....  Comes from not throwing away the current generation of
launchers before the next generation has proven itself (or is even built....).
When you've used the same booster over a thousand times, you know just how it
will behave, and don't have to bring everything to a screeching halt after a
malfunction in order to determine whether it's a design flaw.
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