Re: The BBC report on Chinese orbital "slip".

>neil.fraser@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> For those who missed it, the story used to include gems such as:
>> "Shenzhou VI, which has two astronauts on board, is in a low enough
>> orbit to be affected by the Earth's gravitational pull."

>"Allen Thomson" <thomsona@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>But, but, but -- it's true! Literally, completely, incontestably
>true, every last word. :-)

A new trend, accuracy in a BBC report.

Later

Mark Hittinger
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