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Report: Spacecraft crashes into satellite
Seattle Post-Intelligencer ^
| May 15, 2006
| ALICIA CHANG
Posted on 05/15/2006 9:23:56 PM PDT by neverdem
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In this photo released by NASA, Orbital Sciences Corp. technicians at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., finish installation of the fairing around the Demonstration of Autonomous Rendezvous Technology (DART) spacecraft on Oct. 15, 2004. The NASA spacecraft designed to autonomously carry out a series of tasks crashed into its target after using too much fuel halfway through its mission, according to a report summary released Monday, May 15, 2006. Investigators blamed the collision on faulty navigational data that caused the DART spacecraft to believe that it was backing away from its target when it was actually bearing down on it. (AP Photo/NASA, HO)
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posted on
05/15/2006 9:23:57 PM PDT
by
neverdem
To: neverdem
Maybe we can incorporate this technology into our missle defense system.
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posted on
05/15/2006 9:26:04 PM PDT
by
Nachoman
(I love greasy old bolt guns.)
To: neverdem
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posted on
05/15/2006 9:27:11 PM PDT
by
Proud_USA_Republican
(We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
To: neverdem
Someone use an 'unsigned' vs. 'signed' INT in their code, maybe?
To: neverdem
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posted on
05/15/2006 9:33:10 PM PDT
by
JRios1968
(In memoriam...)
To: neverdem
got to break a few eggs in order to make an omelet. these are really expensive eggs though. hope this wasn't a Homer Simpson moment like with the mars probe a few years back where metric/english measurements weren't considered.
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posted on
05/15/2006 9:34:43 PM PDT
by
kinoxi
To: JRios1968
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posted on
05/15/2006 9:35:24 PM PDT
by
kinoxi
To: JRios1968
I sure hope the NASA DART program has that Allstate insurance with accident forgiveness. Crashing into a satellite will really jack up NASA's insurance rates!
To: Nachoman
Orbital mechanics can be a b***h...
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posted on
05/15/2006 9:36:53 PM PDT
by
coconutt2000
(NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
To: conservative in nyc
Hope everyone in the control room was wearing their Dr. Scholl's shoe inserts...
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posted on
05/15/2006 9:37:34 PM PDT
by
coconutt2000
(NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
To: conservative in nyc
They aren't rocket scientists...they simply stayed at a Holiday Inn Express!
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posted on
05/15/2006 9:37:49 PM PDT
by
JRios1968
(In memoriam...)
To: neverdem
But hey, there's some good news
They just saved a lot by switching to GEICO
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posted on
05/15/2006 9:41:04 PM PDT
by
JRios1968
(In memoriam...)
To: neverdem
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posted on
05/15/2006 9:41:39 PM PDT
by
Still Thinking
(Disregard the law of unintended consequences at your own risk.)
To: neverdem
Reminder to self:
Never use "int" when I mean "signed int."
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posted on
05/15/2006 9:42:16 PM PDT
by
Erasmus
("Peace on you!" -- Imam Ofo)
To: beezdotcom
Erasmus.
Proudly posting before reading the entire thread since 1998.
< ]B^)
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posted on
05/15/2006 9:44:43 PM PDT
by
Erasmus
("Peace on you!" -- Imam Ofo)
To: coconutt2000
Orbital mechanics can be a b***h... And you can never seem to get one when you need one.
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posted on
05/15/2006 9:45:56 PM PDT
by
Erasmus
("Peace on you!" -- Imam Ofo)
To: neverdem
Reminds me of the probe that crashed into the desert because someone hooked up the accelerometer upside down.
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posted on
05/15/2006 9:49:13 PM PDT
by
SlowBoat407
(A living insult to Islam since 1959.)
To: neverdem
Duh, oops. Reminds me of the "Simpsons" episode where Homer was on the shuttle.
To: neverdem
So much for "zero defects". Since this happened last year did it also take them this long to realize there was a collision? Or maybe they were just trying to hide it from the public.
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posted on
05/15/2006 10:33:58 PM PDT
by
taxesareforever
(Never forget Matt Maupin)
To: neverdem
The $110 million DART mission was meant to test whether robots can perform some of the tasks astronauts currently must do.
Apparently not.
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posted on
05/15/2006 10:36:35 PM PDT
by
July 4th
(A vacant lot cancelled out my vote for Bush.)
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