SAFETY FIRST

China will beef up safety precautions at its Xichang space launch facility following last winter's fatal failure of a Long March 3B vehicle on liftoff (DAILY, Feb. 15, 16). Henceforth Chinese launch vehicles will carry range safety destruct systems, and local farmers who (Cont. p. 74) ) in the past...

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