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Backwards installation of G-switches crashed the Genesis probe on its return to earth [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis_(spacecraft)#Mishap_Inves
by ridgeguy 8y ago
Backwards installation of G-switches crashed the Genesis probe on its return to earth [1].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis_(spacecraft)#Mishap_Investigation_Board_(MIB) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis_(spacecraft)#Mishap_In...
- WalterBright 8y agoFrom the photo of the switch, I'd say the package design could use improvement. The orientation of it is not obvious.
- ridgeguy 8y agoJust so. Twenty minutes of a designer role-playing an assembly tech installing those components (with the mindset of trying to fail) might have gotten us a "this can only fit one way" result.
- hinkley 8y agoThis part was news to me: > On January 6, 2006, Ryschkewitsch revealed that a pre-test procedure on the craft was skipped by Lockheed Martin, and he noted that the test could have easily detected the problem.