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Mars 1, Japan 0

Posted by michael on from the explosive-space-modulator dept.

davecl writes "Looks like Mars Space Defence may have claimed another satellite. BBC News Online is reporting that the Japanese probe Nozomi, which has already had plenty of troubles, has been knocked out by a solar flare. The scientists in charge say they expect the on board computer to 'repair itself', so it may live to fight another day. A salutary warning for those planning manned missions to Mars."

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  1. one subsystem by foolish · · Score: 2, Insightful

    only one communication subsystem was rendered useless, and they have hopes that a slow testing process will 'wake up' the system eventually if the radiation spike wasn't too hard on the electronics.

    the probe was hardly dstroyed.

    but then again this is /., why would a submitter actually read the article they are submitting.

    --foolish