NASA Panel Sets Most Likely Cause of Contour Failure
CONTOUR VERDICT Last year's Comet Nucleus Tour (Comet) mission probably was lost because the probe's embedded solid-fuel rocket motor overheated the spacecraft structure and caused it to fail, according to the panel NASA set up to investigate the mishap. But there is no way to be sure, since there...
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