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To: BenLurkin

“trajectory deviation”...Is that like a wardrobe malfunction, or a ‘glitch’.


2 posted on 02/02/2018 6:12:55 AM PST by lacrew
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To: lacrew

In this case, it was a multiple deviation, i.e., a clusterfluke.


3 posted on 02/02/2018 6:17:40 AM PST by Migraine ((A smartass who is right can be downright funny. A smartass who is wrong is just a smartass.))
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To: lacrew

I’m recalling the Mars probe which accidentally impacted the surface because half of the flight programming used metric units and half of the programming didn’t. D’oh!


4 posted on 02/02/2018 6:23:25 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (The revolution will not be televised (at least, not by CNN).)
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