Science shot down. (artificial satellite) (editorial)

From: The Nation | Date: November 30, 1985 | Copyright information

Remember P78-1? It's unlikely that you do. Once, it was just another satellite hurtling through the increasingly cluttered void. Its mission was abstruse and purely scientific. It collected and transmitted to earth data on solar disturbances and their effects on electronic communications, as well as the hazards they pose to space shuttle operations. As a sidelight, the busy little fellow checked out the effects of small comets colliding with the sun.

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