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DART Succumbs to Fuel Problems

Posted by timothy on from the well-there-went-my-tax-payment dept.

qw0ntum writes "The AP reports that NASA's experimental DART (Demonstration of Autonomous Rendezvous Technology) spacecraft mission ended early when the craft's onboard computers detected a fuel-system problem. The craft, which was entirely computer-controlled, came within 300 feet of its target rendezvous target, a Pentagon satelite, before detecting the problem. Despite the failure, mission leaders 'called the mission a partial success because it demonstrated that an entirely computer-controlled craft could find a satellite in space.'"

3 of 137 comments (clear)

  1. Re:FUCK NASA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You can't seriously blame George Bush on NASA.

  2. Those damn... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Gas prices!

  3. Re:FUCK NASA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    But you can blame those high Gas Prices!