Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
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From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: gratuitous anthrophobia (was Re: Shuttle computer reprogramming)
Message-ID: <1988Oct20.175844.24740@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <6689@nsc.nsc.com> <6980@ihlpl.ATT.COM> <1938@kalliope.rice.edu> <1988Oct8.234146.11950@utzoo.uucp> <1348@thumper.bellcore.com> <1988Oct11.212620.2071@utzoo.uucp> <3946@Portia.Stanford.EDU>
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 88 17:58:44 GMT

In article <3946@Portia.Stanford.EDU> paulf@Jessica.stanford.edu (Paul Flaherty) writes:
>>AMSAT has had its share of high-tech failures, as I recall.
>
>Please elaborate.

I'm not thinking of total satellite failures, but of subsystem failures.
The specific one that comes to mind is those DRAMs aboard Oscar 10 (I
think it was), which sounded good early on -- Phil posted a description
and commentary which added up to "it's working great so far" -- but
proceeded to fail, badly enough that I gather Amsat has given up on
that approach.
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