18 Oct
2004
18 Oct
'04
9:12 a.m.
http://www.newscientist.com/news/print.jsp?id=ns99996541 It seems the deceleration sensors on the Genesis space probe were designed "upside down", resulting in the crash of the capsule! Another ooops for Lockheed Martin. This is as bad as messing up SI units and English units for MCO (Mars Climate Orbiter).