Space Systems Failures: Disasters and Rescues of Satellites, Rocket and Space Probes

by David M. Harland and Ralph Lorenz

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There have been many remarkable achievements, such as the Galileo probe which parachuted into Jupiter's atmosphere, to the joy of the engineers who built it. But there have also been many humiliating failures. Sometimes the cause is a silly procedural error, such as a minus sign instead of a plus sign in a computer program, or a mix up between Imperial and Metric units. The Russian craft Phobos 1 was lost en route to Mars after being sent an incorrect...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0387215190

ISBN13:9780387215198

Release Date:May 2005

Publisher:Praxis Publications Inc

Length:370 Pages

Weight:1.50 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.7" x 9.6"

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Aerospace Engineering Science Science & Math Science & Scientists Science & Technology Technology

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