[cosmicfish]

Originally Posted by mmartin798

Yup, here is the text, copied from my PDF of the 4th edition:

As a final failsafe, an alternate base was constructed, so that the teams could be revived even if some unforeseen catastrophe overwhelmed Prime Base. This base had the same libraries as Prime, and many of the same facilities, albeit on a rather smaller scale. However, it had only a relatively small frozen staff of specialists in addition to its small “awake team”.

And there is no explanation given for why this alternate base completely failed in its intended design as a failsafe???