The issue is now being studied at the ATV control room in Toulouse, France, and at prime contractor EADS Astrium's Functional Simulation Facility at Les Mureaux north west of Paris.

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Texas Health Resources, which operates 25 hospitals, requires doctors at its Dallas facility to participate in simulation drills as a condition of getting credentialed to deliver babies in its delivery rooms.

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