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Re:Images of Soviet Venus lander falling to Earth suggest it... by cbanek on Saturday May 03, 2025 @04:27AM (#43877641)
And the classic accelerometer installed backward which doomed the Genesis mission sample return, although some bits were successfully recovered, the parachute never deployed.
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Re:Images of Soviet Venus lander falling to Earth suggest it... by dudeinjapan on Saturday May 03, 2025 @05:34AM (#43877895)
Elsewhere in this thread someone was asking about the difference between acceleration and deceleration. Well, this is a good example!
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Re:Images of Soviet Venus lander falling to Earth suggest it... by cbanek on Saturday May 03, 2025 @04:58PM (#43882263)
The difference is just a minus sign!
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