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RE: The Origins of Techwriting (WAS: Re: Techwr-1 polls)
Subject:RE: The Origins of Techwriting (WAS: Re: Techwr-1 polls) From:bryan -dot- westbrook -at- amd -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 15 Nov 2000 12:06:05 -0600
Do these surprises include that radio broadcast the U.S. intercepted back
during the 60's that sounded like a call for help from a Cosmonaut who was
drifting lost into space?
I would say that NASA's record versus that of the Russians is a very good
argument for through documentation and preparedness.
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> From: Newman, Sarah [SMTP:snewman -at- bechtel -dot- com]
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> exhaustive procedure manuals; cosmonauts prefer to work from memory.
> "We're
> normally overprepared," says Anna Fisher, head of the space-station branch
> of NASA's astronaut office. "The Russians are more willing to accept some
> surprises."<<
>
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