Hughes takes firm stand on China launch accident

When China refused to admit responsibility after one of its Long March rockets blew up during the 1992 launch of an HS-601 model communications satellite built by Hughes Aircraft Co., the company took a politically expedient approach. Hoping to conclude a deal worth hundreds of millions of dollars...

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