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The cost of carelessness – it’s the little things that kill

Friday, December 12, 2008 1:56 Comments

On September 23rd, 1999, the Mars Climate Orbiter made its final descent to the red planet.  The satellite had just finished a ten month journey, and was about to begin transmitting data.  It should have been a moment of celebration, but the probe was never heard from again.  Something had gone terribly wrong.
The problem?  Engineers failed to [...]

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