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To: hchutch
My guess would be a software error. 1000's of lines of code & at 200K the landing is under computer control.
412 posted on 02/01/2003 9:54:12 AM PST by MilspecRob
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To: MilspecRob
My guess would be a software error. 1000's of lines of code & at 200K the landing is under computer control.

I would consider that a likely possibility if this were one of the first shuttle flights, but the re-entry software has performed successfully scores (hundreds?) of times now.

552 posted on 02/01/2003 10:19:06 AM PST by Ichneumon
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