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Current Listings dilemma: Was he to reveal this error to

by Level of Sponsorship the world and destroy the reputation of
his friend and fellow astronomer and
the entire mission, or should he ignore
the minor error and leave the meter as
PLATINUM LEVEL it had been determined? He carried this

dilemma unresolved to his grave.

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