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What is a "150_____ mile radius"? What goes in the blank? "Nautical" vs. "imperial roman"?

• sandworm101 11y ago
  It was probably a blank "____ mile" in the original electronic doc and someone added the 150 without deleting the underscore, shifting everything right.
• altitudinous 11y ago
  I saw this too. Maybe it allows 150 - 350 mile radius or something similar.
• gaur 11y ago
  Note also the strange spacing and boxing of "side", apparently for no reason. Also: "there is no hazard-if both risers are still attached". What's a "hazard-if"? Or do they mean to use a dash here instead of a hyphen? This document looks like it was typeset by an incompetent temp in 1995. Really goes to show that the cutting edge of space research is in many aspects at the mercy of the lowest bidder (literally and figuratively).
  • userbinator 11y ago
    Perhaps it was translated from a Russian version and hastily redacted.
  • CWuestefeld 11y ago
    Heck, what's a riser? I mean, I am familiar with the term, but I have no way to identify what a Soyuz capsule's risers are, so ho do I know if they're attached or not?
• kraftman 11y ago
  its to add more 0's later.