NASA: Computer error kicked off series of events that doomed MGS
MGS REPORT: According to a preliminary report, a computer error made months earlier started the series of events that doomed NASA's Mars Global Surveyor (MGS), which orbited the red planet for a decade before failing last November (DAILY, Nov. 10). After receiving routine commands to warm up its...
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