able to help others. more than 100 drivers in the united states have had to be rescued from a mountain canyon in colorado after a landslide swept across an interstate highway. around 75 people had to spend the night in their vehicles as emergency crews cut apart through the mud and debris to reach them. remarkably there were no injuries, and officials a heavy rain sent a torrent of mud and rocks cascading down slopes which had been stripped bare by a wildfire last year. the uk tele communications industry hopes a satellite that has gone into orbit will help maintain its global leadership in the sector. a quarter of the world s big telecoms spacecraft are manufactured in britain, and a new platform, called quantum, is billed as the market s next generation product. quantum was launched on a rocket from french guiana. here s our science correspondentjonathan amos.
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