New "as-is" item for EBay soon?
 

Bidding will start at $1? Untested, but powers up.

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - A nearly completed, $239 million weather satellite
toppled to the floor as it was being moved at a Lockheed Martin plant and was
seriously damaged, officials said Tuesday.

The NOAA-N Prime was being moved from a vertical to a horizontal position when
it fell 3 feet Saturday at the Sunnyvale facility.

On 09 Sep 2003 23:27:04 GMT, (Radioman390) wrote:

Bidding will start at $1? Untested, but powers up.

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - A nearly completed, $239 million weather satellite
toppled to the floor as it was being moved at a Lockheed Martin plant and was
seriously damaged, officials said Tuesday.

The NOAA-N Prime was being moved from a vertical to a horizontal position when
it fell 3 feet Saturday at the Sunnyvale facility.

I think there's a conspiracy to prevent NOAA from launching satellites. Their
last one was delayed for the better part of a year IIRC because at the last
minute someone decided they needed a new spy satellite launched instead.