▲ | gorlilla 7 months ago | |
Hubble wasn't so sure. | ||
▲ | dspillett 7 months ago | parent | next [-] | |
Nor was Mars Polar Lander – the most likely cause of its loss was a mistake in units that resulted in it using too short a deceleration burn as it prepared to land, meaning it hit the surface far faster than intended (IIRC we don't know for sure if it impacted in one piece, broke apart during descent). Tabloid headlines of the time dubbed the mission as a “close encounter of the thud kind”. | ||
▲ | dakr 7 months ago | parent | prev [-] | |
Not a consequence of units used: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Space_Telescope#Flawed_... |