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Re: Hey you Yanks! Catch up with the "World's Mistake"
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 2 Dec 2002 21:13:41 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys writes:
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> I thought the Mars Observer had a different problem, as in the parts were
> built by different companies that didn't communicate clearly, and that the
> 'finished' product wasn't tested as a unit--the problem happened something
> like this--
You are describing the same problem, not a different one.
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> the retro rockets were suppose to fire when the landing pads connected with
> the surface--the sensors to detect the surface were built into the legs and
> when the legs 'bounced' on the surface, it woud trigger the rockets into firing
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> but what actually happened was that the initial separation of whatever heat
> shield in the atmosphere, which caused the legs to 'free themselves' also
> caused the legs to 'bounce' (which wasn't factored into the scenario) thus
> causing the rockets to fire whilst the whole unit was still high up in the
> atmosphere.
As I recall, they simply lost contact. Looking around so we don't have to
depend on faulty memory....aha:
http://klabs.org/richcontent/Reports/Failure_Reports/MarsObserverFailureSummary.htm
Thar ya go!
-->Bruce<--
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