Re: [gpsd-users] Another episode in the *Galileo* clown show

[Another Sillyname]

Not sure if this is a Gruniad (sic) misquote or a mispoken phrase by the CEO....either way on point and quite funny.

“Our aim is of course to fully understand this anomaly,” said Stephane Israel, Arianespace chairman and chief executive. “While it is too early to determine the exact causes, we would like to offer our sincere excuses to ESA and the European commission for this orbital injection that did not meet expectations.”


http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/aug/24/galileo-gps-satellites-launched-into-wrong-orbit

On 26 August 2014 15:29, Askar Ibragimov <address@hidden> wrote:

No worries. Russian quality is a bit of a pattern.

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26.8.2014, в 17.25, "Tomalak Geret'kal" <address@hidden> написал(а):

> On 26/08/2014 10:20, Eric S. Raymond wrote:
>> Wrong title on previous post.  Way late, over budget, and misdeployed
>> by a dodgy Russian rocket.
> Hi Eric
>
> I'm curious as to why you wrote "a dodgy Russian rocket", rather than simply "a dodgy rocket". Are you trying to make some kind of point?
>
> Tom
>