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Science 22 October 2004:
Vol. 306. no. 5696, p. 587
DOI: 10.1126/science.306.5696.587b
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PLANETARY SCIENCE:
Flipped Switch Sealed the Fate of Genesis Spacecraft

Richard A. Kerr

A design error by spacecraft contractor Lockheed Martin Astronautics Inc. caused engineers to install critical sensors upside down in the Genesis sample return capsule, dooming it to slam into the Utah desert floor last month, according to the chair of the mishap investigation board.

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