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To: Rocket Scientist who wrote (5381)	6/25/1999 12:23:00 PM
From: Clarksterh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29987

RS - That [local access fee] is not set by G though, but by the local PTT/service provider, right?* Yes and no. Certainly the local phone company which runs the Gateway adds their cost into the local access fee, but I was referring to the fact that the wholesale rate for G* alone is greater than 0.10. See exchange2000.com ''Our wholesale price for airtime is around 35 (U.S.) cents to 50 cents a minute,'' Ming Louie, Globalstar's vice president of Asia Pacific business development, told Reuters. BTW - I have always assumed that G* would not be price competitive for local users where the user density was more than several hundred minutes per month per square Km. The real mystery in this case is how it is that someone in the middle of nowhere in Bangladesh has a cell rate of only 0.10 per minute. Even in the best case - the village is 20 miles outside a population center and it is flat terrain - 0.10 seems too low. I suspect either direct subsidies (i.e. government money) or indirect subsidies (e.g. must serve regulations). Clark

To: Rocket Scientist who wrote (5381)	6/26/1999 12:46:00 AM
From: Jon Koplik	Respond to of 29987

To all you (actual) rocket scientists - brief AP News piece on cause of failed Boeing Delta III rocket launch. June 25, 1999 Boeing Notes Cause of Failed Launch Filed at 7:14 p.m. EDT By The Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- A breach in an engine combustion chamber likely was responsible for the failure of Boeing's new Delta III rocket in May. Boeing's investigation into the accident, which left a communication satellite in a useless orbit, is still ongoing. But the chairman of the investigation team, Russell Reck, said Friday that a breach in the combustion chamber most likely caused the second-stage engine to prematurely shut down. Flight data indicates a shock occurred just after the engine ignited for the first time. A much bigger shock occurred right after the engine reignited; engineers believe the turbo machinery briefly rotated, then stopped because of the shock. The rocket then began tumbling, Reck said. The May 4 failure was the second in a row for Boeing's Delta III rocket. In its August 1998 debut, the rocket blew up 71 seconds after liftoff because of a faulty computer program. Copyright 1999 The New York Times Company