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@ChrisPirillo@mastodon.social 14 min. ago

Mariner 1 Lost a Guidance Antenna and a Mathematical Overbar Before Its Destruction

https://lockergnome.com/mariner-1-missing-overbar-guidance-antenna-failure/

#nasa #mariner #SoftwareHistory #tech

Fireworks of Chris Pirillo: he stands at a range-safety desk holding a tiny pencil with a missing line over a big symbol

Mariner 1 Lost a Guidance Antenna and a Mathematical Overbar Before Its Destruction

A rushed redesign from lunar-probe hardware gave JPL two chances at Venus. The second spacecraft carried the investigation forward while the first became a misleading software anecdote.

#softwarehistory #mariner #nasa #tech

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