http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ill-fated-mars-global-surveyor-has-human-error-to-blame/ Engadget Comments for Ill-fated Mars Global Surveyor has human error to blame http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ill-fated-mars-global-surveyor-has-human-error-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ill-fated-mars-global-surveyor-has-human-error-to-blame/Apr 15th 2007 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ill-fated-mars-global-surveyor-has-human-error-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ill-fated-mars-global-surveyor-has-human-error-to-blame/
*rolls eyes*]]>Apr 15th 2007 5:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ill-fated-mars-global-surveyor-has-human-error-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ill-fated-mars-global-surveyor-has-human-error-to-blame/there is no 'safe mode'.]]>Apr 15th 2007 12:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ill-fated-mars-global-surveyor-has-human-error-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ill-fated-mars-global-surveyor-has-human-error-to-blame/Apr 16th 2007 3:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ill-fated-mars-global-surveyor-has-human-error-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ill-fated-mars-global-surveyor-has-human-error-to-blame/Apr 15th 2007 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ill-fated-mars-global-surveyor-has-human-error-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ill-fated-mars-global-surveyor-has-human-error-to-blame/
Where are the props for THAT? Space exploration is really taken for granted by the public-at-large.]]>Apr 15th 2007 1:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ill-fated-mars-global-surveyor-has-human-error-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ill-fated-mars-global-surveyor-has-human-error-to-blame/Apr 15th 2007 1:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ill-fated-mars-global-surveyor-has-human-error-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ill-fated-mars-global-surveyor-has-human-error-to-blame/
Its times like this I'm happy that I dont live in America.]]>Apr 15th 2007 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ill-fated-mars-global-surveyor-has-human-error-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ill-fated-mars-global-surveyor-has-human-error-to-blame/
It's times like this I'm happy you don't live in America either. We have our quota of pretentious "experts" from your country. (whatever country that is)

But if you do ever come over, please stop by NASA and show them how a "real" space program like the one in your country does it. Thanks!
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Government spending like that keeps thousands of people employed, keeps a pool of technology talent in the US, creates new technology for the private sector and helps US businesses directly and indirectly connected to the space industry. ]]>Apr 15th 2007 1:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ill-fated-mars-global-surveyor-has-human-error-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ill-fated-mars-global-surveyor-has-human-error-to-blame/Apr 15th 2007 9:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ill-fated-mars-global-surveyor-has-human-error-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ill-fated-mars-global-surveyor-has-human-error-to-blame/Jun 20th 2007 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ill-fated-mars-global-surveyor-has-human-error-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ill-fated-mars-global-surveyor-has-human-error-to-blame/
1) You seem to forget that Mars Global Surveyor was designed for a three-year primary mission and three-year follow-on mission (total of six years) and was actually working for almost ten years. Like the Mars Exploration Rovers, MGS has gone well beyond design life.

2) To the idiot from "somewhere else" who is glad he/she doesn't live in America: with your attitude, we're glad you don't live here either. If you're European, we can point to your Beagle spacecraft as a good example of a major failure. If you're from one of the other countries around who doesn't even have a unmanned space program, you really don't understand how programs like this drive basic science research that benefits more than just the US.

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"It's times like this I'm happy you don't live in America either. We have our quota of pretentious "experts" from your country. (whatever country that is)

But if you do ever come over, please stop by NASA and show them how a "real" space program like the one in your country does it. Thanks!"

Tell that to the people that live in New Orleans...it's a shame..parts of USA reaching 3rd world status..]]>Apr 15th 2007 6:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ill-fated-mars-global-surveyor-has-human-error-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ill-fated-mars-global-surveyor-has-human-error-to-blame/
Unfortunately, human error and Murphy's Law seem to mesh together perfectly.]]>Apr 15th 2007 7:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ill-fated-mars-global-surveyor-has-human-error-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ill-fated-mars-global-surveyor-has-human-error-to-blame/Apr 16th 2007 8:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ill-fated-mars-global-surveyor-has-human-error-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ill-fated-mars-global-surveyor-has-human-error-to-blame/
(props to anyone who catches the reference)]]>Apr 16th 2007 9:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ill-fated-mars-global-surveyor-has-human-error-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ill-fated-mars-global-surveyor-has-human-error-to-blame/
New Orleans has ALWAYS been a 3d world country. Ask anyone who's seen the French Quarter in daylight.]]>Jun 20th 2007 10:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ill-fated-mars-global-surveyor-has-human-error-to-blame/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/ill-fated-mars-global-surveyor-has-human-error-to-blame/
On TOPIC, however... $150million and change is definitely a significant amount of hardware and software to lose by an "oops". But then again, with the millions and millions of actions taken by hundreds of people on a project of that magnitude, you just have to hope that your "oops" is one that can be easily corrected.]]>Jun 20th 2007 1:02PM