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- From: teexijd@ioe.ac.uk (IAN DAVENPORT)
- Newsgroups: alt.alien.visitors
- Subject: Re: The Phobos II Incident
- Keywords: Phobos II
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.143921.19479@ioe.ac.uk>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 14:39:21 GMT
- References: <davidj.722042573@wrs.com>
- Organization: Institute of Education, University of London
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- Flame me if I'm wrong here, but wasn't the problem with Phobos II that the
- control center accidentally sent the craft a "switch off antenna" signal,
- realising then that the craft could not receive any "switch on antenna"
- signals they might send.
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- I understand that the West is imposing quite strict double-checking procedures
- on the Russian end of Mars 94 now.
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- Ian J Davenport MULLARD SPACE SCIENCE LABORATORY ijd@uk.ac.ucl.mssl
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