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Technology Stocks : Wind River going up, up, up!
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To: agent99 who wrote (6394)9/24/1999 12:10:00 PM
From: Mark Brophy  Read Replies (2) of 10309
 
NASA Says Mars Orbiter Lost In Space

dailynews.yahoo.com
jpl.nasa.gov

Cook said there was a ''significant drop'' in altitude in the last few hours of the approach to Mars, but the reason for that had not yet been determined.

Asked if human error, software or mechanical problems were to blame, Cook said, ''We are essentially ruling out spacecraft (mechanical) error and we are looking at the other two.''

Since Pathfinder contains VxWorks, its seems likely that the Climate Orbiter also uses it. There are plenty of opportunities for Wind River if they develop software with fewer bugs than their customers.

This blunder cost the U.S. taxpayer $125m.

washingtonpost.com
Spacecraft Appears Lost Over Red Planet. Research on Weather on Mars Could Be Delayed a Decade, NASA Indicates
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