Some happy news

Well, the horrible news about Indonesia, the Middle East and the threat of
nuclear escalation in the Indian Subcontinent has me thoroughly sick of the
news. I did a small search looking for something good and came across a
wonderful story that can be tied back to FT/MT wonderfully:

http://cnn.com/TECH/space/9805/13/crippled.satellite/index.html

Apparently there is a huge commercial satellite that went off course. It was
declared a total loss. However, the engineers, inspired by Apollo XIII
apparently, have decided to use a slingshot maneuver around the moon to save
the bird. The article has some interesting notes. I suggest anyone interested
in orbital mechanics give it a look (especially if you are as sick as I am
about the headlines of doom we are all reading).

--Pete