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NASA (sort of) releases DART failure report at long last, ...or, "FBC strikes again!"
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post May 16 2006, 01:13 AM
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http://www.nasawatch.com/archives/2006/05/...finally_so.html : "Yikes! ITAR issues aside, it is obvious why NASA sat on this report for a year -- it has a high embarassment coefficient."

I put this report in this place on the website because of the crucial importance of robotic rendezvous and docking to Mars sample return. Overall causes of the failure were our familiar old friends: too small a team, lack of a systems engineer, over-hasty schedule, and above all "High Risk, Low Budget Nature of the Procurement". Seems to me I've heard that song before...
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- BruceMoomaw   NASA (sort of) releases DART failure report at long last   May 16 2006, 01:13 AM
- - MaxSt   I still don't see the need to do it "half...   May 16 2006, 05:54 AM
- - The Messenger   QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ May 15 2006, 07:13 P...   May 16 2006, 06:01 AM
- - Jim from NSF.com   Another fine mission managed by MSFC. The wrong c...   May 16 2006, 11:48 AM
|- - Bob Shaw   Keith Cowing's coverage is interesting - just ...   May 16 2006, 12:37 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (Bob Shaw @ May 16 2006, 01:37 PM) ...   May 16 2006, 12:43 PM
|- - The Messenger   QUOTE (Bob Shaw @ May 16 2006, 06:37 AM) ...   May 16 2006, 01:53 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (The Messenger @ May 16 2006, 02:53...   May 16 2006, 02:07 PM
|- - Jim from NSF.com   QUOTE (The Messenger @ May 16 2006, 09:53...   May 16 2006, 02:46 PM
- - mcaplinger   QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ May 15 2006, 06:13 P...   May 16 2006, 03:33 PM
|- - Bob Shaw   QUOTE (mcaplinger @ May 16 2006, 04:33 PM...   May 16 2006, 05:42 PM
- - BruceMoomaw   Jesus Christ. http://www.space.com/news/060516_d...   May 17 2006, 03:57 AM
|- - MaxSt   QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ May 16 2006, 11:57 P...   May 17 2006, 05:14 AM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ May 17 2006, 04:57 A...   May 17 2006, 10:54 AM
|- - Bob Shaw   QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ May 17 2006, 04:57 A...   May 17 2006, 10:58 AM
- - BruceMoomaw   Two of my sources E-mail me to tell me I'm par...   May 18 2006, 06:03 AM

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