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Old 02-09-2013, 06:42 AM
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When I went to the WSMC in Baikonur, the team from Uzbekistan were using a cranked generator to launch thier rockets. We asked about it and it was repurposed from a mining explosives detonator. I don't remember them having a misfire the whole week.

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