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Programming error led to loss of Mars Global Surveyor

APR 16, 2007

DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.021030

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San Francisco Chronicle : A command sent to the wrong computer address caused a cascade of events that led to the loss of the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft in November, NASA investigators reported Friday.
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