Va. Commercial Space Industry Poised for Takeoff
14th Nov 2006, 05:51 GMT
WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. -- On the morning of the launch, range safety officer Mike Patterson will have his thumbs on two switches: left for "arm," right for "destruct." He hopes he won't have to flip them, but he has in the past, and he will if things go bad.
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