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Scott Douglas Scott Douglas is offline
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We called it Foreign Object Debris.
The mindset of those who build planes is/was fundamentally different than that required to build satellites. Planes were/are always expected to return to earth so you can fix them. Satellites are usually one and done as in once it's up there it ain't comin' back for repairs.
It was hard for management to get that thru their heads when They took over Hughes sat's.
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