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To: richardred who wrote (51338)	9/17/2006 8:50:35 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

Ah, yes. Loral is mentioned prominently in there. I know people who were involved in that "transfer". The Chinese guidance systems were crap. In one case a missile blasted off, went up a few hundred feet, turned sideways, and took off parallel to the earth. It hit a hill and exploded a few hundred miles downrange. In another, it blasted off, up a few hundred feet, then down at an angle, hitting a hotel in the village next to the launch range and destroying it, along with killing several hundred Chinese. The Chinese first denied any deaths, then later admitted to 6, which no one believed. The westerners were not allowed out of the blockhouse for several hours after the launch. It is believed the Chinese used this time to get the bodies out of town. Intelsat was also involved in that launch (it was an Intelsat communications satellite that was supposed to be carried to orbit by it). I have a copy of the report written by the manager of the Intelsat team. In it he savages the Chinese for many safety violations at that range, including having habitations that close to the range, something that would be allowed by no western country. He said Intelsat should never again consider a launch from China because of the dangers. Loral people told me after they got back that whenever they planned on using any electronic equipment, they found they first had to check it with a voltmeter. It was not uncommon for the chassis of the equipment to be "hot", a design flaw that would never be permitted here or in Europe. Good way to get electrocuted. Loral gave the Chinese information and help in improving their guidance systems. So if a megaton package arrives at your house from China, thank Bernie Schwartz (Clinton's biggest campaign contributor) and Clinton.