[HamiltonJay]

Its not a matter of dry run of the hardware or software, its the fact that despite the best efforts of thousands of individuals, all for the most part highly intelligent, unforseen situations arrise.....

This is very common in software, to find problems in underlying systems that are not documented or known or even acknowleged by the manufacturer, or other underlying system.

Or even if documented aren't really considered because no one bothered to consider the contingency.

Fortunately it appears salvagable which is good... the other rovers heater though, now that's going to drain the batteries long before it should.. I hope they get that resolved quickly.

[brownsfan]

Its not a matter of dry run of the hardware or software, its the fact that despite the best efforts of thousands of individuals, all for the most part highly intelligent, unforseen situations arrise.....

I respectfully disagree. I don't think the proper effort was given to "dry runs". I think that testing was pushed aside, 9 days isn't enough. On a larger scale, I'm concerned that NASA no longer has the dedication and drive to work "miracles" as it once did. Here's hoping they get both rovers repaired. I support NASA's mission, I'm just not sure about the current NASA administration.