WHY ABANDON THE RELIABLE

Regarding the In Orbit column of Sept. 20 (p. 17), the NASA Genesis mishap investigation board should make it a priority to find out why a tried-and-true system for airborne recovery, going back to the 1960s Corona spy satellites, was abandoned for a totally new system using a parafoil and...

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