Re: USA-193: reboot problems

On 7 Mar 2007 15:46:56 -0800, in a place far, far away, "Allen
Thomson" <thomsona@xxxxxxxxx> made the phosphor on my monitor glow in
such a way as to indicate that:


http://tinyurl.com/3d4vlg

U.S. NRO spy satellite may be total loss
Wed Mar 7, 2007 10:17 AM IST
By Andrea Shalal-Esa

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials are likely to declare a Lockheed
Martin Corp. spy satellite a total loss after efforts to restore its
ability to communicate failed repeatedly over the past three months,
two defense officials told Reuters on Tuesday.

The experimental L-21 classified satellite, built for the National
Reconnaissance Office (NRO) at a cost of hundreds of millions of
dollars, was launched successfully on Dec. 14 but has been out of
touch since reaching its low-earth orbit.

We need to set up a new, and parallel agency, to do this stuff. It's
too important to leave the current incumbents in sole charge of it.
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