When Satellites Go Bad
There's something irresistibly cool about satellites -- for
infrastructure
with serious mass appeal, you just can't beat space-based
telecommunications. That may be one reason why the past year has seen
billions of private and public dollars poured into building and
launching
satellites, alone and in massive coordinated networks, for both business
and research purposes. The results? A terrible track record strewn with
malfunctions, huge financial losses, and out-and-out fiery explosions.
Why
do satellites go wrong so often -- and why is Microsoft planning to
launch
266 more of them? Wall Street, we have a problem.
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