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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. wtf by WormholeFiend · · Score: -1, Redundant

    The article doesnt say it's a design error.

    They installed the switch backwards.

  2. Mirror? by Anonymous+Luddite · · Score: 0, Redundant


    anyone? This post is only minutes old and the site is already borked.

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  3. Re:gmail invites by mbonig · · Score: -1, Redundant

    someone PLEASE mod this guy down out of existance!!!

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  4. Re:It seems ... by Haxwell · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Even if I had mod points, it would be +5 Funny..

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