Sunday, 15. April 2007
Topic: Space - on April 15, 2007 at 5:35:00 PM CEST
Uploaded Software Patch Killed Mars Probe
A software 'fix' sent up to NASA's Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft in June 2006 ultimately led to its failure five months later, a preliminary new report reveals. The report also finds that the existing procedures used by the mission team were not thorough enough to catch the resulting problems, and that reductions in budgets and staff may have played some role in the loss of the mission.
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