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Spacecraft Crashes Into Satellite
Juha-Matti Laurio writes "A robotic NASA spacecraft designed to rendezvous with an orbiting satellite instead crashed into its target. Unbeknownst to engineers at the time, DART's main sensor mistakenly believed it was flying away from the satellite when it was actually moving 5 feet per second toward it, investigators found."
So that's where the minus sign should have gone, I knew I dropped it somewhere!
..., these figures can't be right!`
and an Obligatory Pratchett Quote:
Hex's pen was scratching across the paper.
Ponder glanced at the figures.
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Ridcully grinned again. `You mean either the whole world has gone wrong or your machine is wrong?`
`Yes!`
`Then I'd imagine the answer is pretty easy, wouldn't you?` said Ridcully.
`Yes, it certainly is. Hex gets thoroughly tested every day` said Ponder Stibbons
`Good point, that man,` Said Ridcully.
B.
Every experiment which ends in a big bang is a good experiment.
Well, we answered that question. Mission accomplished!
Legalize recreational marijuana. Seriously.
it's a successfull hit, now let's build that missile defense system.
Well... Maybe they shouldn't have painted a giant bullseye on the side of the satellite.
DART: 50 points
NASA: -110 million dollars
"To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today." -Isaac Asimov
No, but seriously, this is sad. It takes us farther away from what I'd like to see in a car, namely a self-steering one. I'd prefer one that detects an oncoming truck as oncoming and tries to get out of the way.
You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. -- Harlan Ellison
Not hampered by engineering degree, can tell difference between "toward" and "away from" - will work for same 6 figure salary previous position holder was receiving...
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In a subsequent news conference, DART claimed it did not remember hitting on the target after being spaced out on AMBIEN, a method it used to help it sleep(500s) before its launch from Kennedy Space Center. DART claimed that it got several bytes to eat before drinking a cup of Java and collecting its garbage. Upon introspection DART agreed that, despite its name, hitting on the target showed little Class despite the size of its Package.
...NASA has finally set aside a portion of its budget for the hiring of a trombone player to lighten the mood after each disasterous miscalculation with a well-timed "waaah WAAAAAAAAH."
Are you sure? Is that 5 feet per second or 5 metres per second?
Don't be apathetic. Procrastinate!
They must have been using metric feet per second.
The ______ Agenda
Just tell then it's the area under a curve, or the volume under a sheet. Even the most pretentious manager will be able to grasp that
"It's the area under a curve, or the volume under a sheet."
"So that's like where they've banked the road to keep cars from flying off as they go 'round the curve? That's what an integral is?"
"Not that kind of curve!"
"And the volume under a sheet--isn't that zero? Unless somebody's lying under it. Or two somebody's. Lemme tell you about this girl I met..."
Blasphemy is a human right. Blasphemophobia kills.