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#1 2006-05-16 12:32:00
- Palomar
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Re: DART crashed into satellite
*I cannot find the original thread devoted to DART. It's been awhile; thought it was in Human Missions or Interplanetary Transportation folders. Anywho, here's an update:
$110 million down the drain. Main sensor foul-up; read that DART was flying away from satellite when it fact it was racing TOWARDS the satellite at 5 feet/second. That's quite a mistake there...confusing FROM with TOWARDS. 
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