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On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:15:16 -0800, "Capt. JG"
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Looks like they were successful in knocking down the busted satellite...
only cost $60M.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/0...own/index.html



I find it somewhat hard to believe that the U.S. government would
launch a satellite loaded with top secret hardware without including
an onboard way to blow it up by remote control in case of any
subsequent problems. Seems like that would be SOP.




You'd think...

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