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DIARY: August 16, 2002 08:02 AM Friday; Rod Welch

NASA loses another satallite due to another little mistake.

1...Summary/Objective
..........NASA Loses Contact with $158M Spacecraft


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SUBJECTS
Risk Communication Main Factor of Management Success
Rework Cycle Due to Miscommunication
Difficult to Calculate, Difficult to Believe
Mistakes Avoided, Saves Money, Lawsuits
Not Enough Time to Succeed
Denial Managers Making Mistakes Reject Savings
Communication Biggest Risk of Mistakes
Traceability & Aligning Communications
Engineering Management Mistakes
NASA Loses Contact with Comet-Chasing Spacecraft
Satallite Lost Contact with Comet-Chasing Spacecraft

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2514 - Summary/Objective
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251501 - Follow up ref SDS 65 0000, ref SDS 60 0000.
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251503 - Reuters reported in an article yesterday....
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251505 -          NASA Loses Contact with $158M Spacecraft
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251507 - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA controllers lost contact with the $158
251508 - million comet-chasing Contour spacecraft just after it was scheduled
251509 - to escape Earth orbit over the Indian Ocean on Thursday, the U.S.
251510 - space agency said. ref OF 4 0001
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251512 - Mission controllers expected to hear from Contour around 5:35 a.m. to
251513 - confirm that it had been boosted out of orbit, NASA spokesman Donald
251514 - Savage said. But that signal never came and controllers still were
251515 - trying to contact the unmanned ship, Savage added. ref OF 4 FI5M
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251517 - On 991001 NASA lost about $200M when a space probe crashed on
251518 - Mars. ref SDS 65 0001  Earlier on 921021 NASA has instituted good
251519 - management methods to reduce mistakes. ref SDS 2 4489
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