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Mars Phoenix Lander's Ovens Were Destined To Fail

Posted by Soulskill on from the double-checking-is-for-wimps dept.

RobertB-DC writes "The Phoenix mission to Mars' frigid polar regions was going to be tricky from the start, with only a few weeks to perform as much science as possible. Success depended on everything working right. But one of the mission's most frustrating glitches — the stuck doors on the TEGA ovens — could have been prevented with basic quality control on Earth. Nature is reporting that bad brackets were replaced by the manufacturer ... with identically bad brackets. The Planetary Society blog sums it up succinctly: 'Ouch. Ouch ouch ouch.'"

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  1. Dumbasses, numbnuts by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    What a bunch of morons. Oh yeah, first post bitches!

  2. Why send ovens to mars? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    As far as I know there are no Jews on Mars, so it seems like a waste of money to send ovens there.

  3. NASA might be tampering with photos by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    http://www.libertythink.com/totalinformation/BlueMars.htm

    Dunno what to think.