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Probe Crash Due to Misdesigned Deceleration Sensor

Posted by michael on from the for-want-of-a-nail dept.

squirrelhack writes "Seems as though the Genesis spacecraft was able to launch from earth, travel through space, avoid aliens, and cruise back into the atmosphere to be caught by stunt pilots waiting patiently with their helicopters. Alas, the brakes didn't work because a sensor was designed upside down.

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  1. MASTER CHIEF DIES IN HALO 2!!!!!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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    1. Re:MASTER CHIEF DIES IN HALO 2!!!!!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      ahahah lol, you worte teh "goatse" !!!

    2. Re:MASTER CHIEF DIES IN HALO 2!!!!!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  3. Re:There is a bright side by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

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  4. When will they learn by ACNiel · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    They designed this backward, because they were thinking backward with their measurments.

    Just another example of why the US should be using the metric system. The antiquated english measurement system is the root cause of this problem.

    The meter, and the cubic meter are the natural measurements, existing and demonstrated time and again throughout nature.

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  6. why are they using SCSI connectors? by CaptainPinko · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    In this picture you can see that they are still using SCSI-style connectors. I thought the plan was to move to Serial-Attached-Scsi that used the SATA connector while still being SCSI. That way you could potential plug a SATA drive in the same slot as a SCSI was previous if your chipset supported it etc. It remember reading some Flash presentation on it. It was somewhere on the SCSI Trade Association website. They got a whole section on SAS on the site. So is it just theoretical? Anyone use it? Know anyone who does? Will it be out soon?

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  7. Who the fuck is "Master Chief"? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I had a master chief in boot camp, and I hated that son of a bitch. He was smart and locked-on, but that Fhillipino bastard can burn in hell for ten eternities.

    Sooooo. Is this master chief the same way? Did he spend time on subs, too?