On July 22, 1962, Mariner 1 was destroyed 293 seconds after launch because a single missing symbol i...
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July 21, 2026
In July 1962, a NASA engineer transcribing the Mariner 1 guidance code missed a single overbar above the letter R, and 293 seconds after launch the rocket veered off course over the Atlantic and had to be destroyed — a hyphen-shaped error that Arthur C. C
On July 22, 1962, Mariner 1 was destroyed 293 seconds after launch because a single missing symbol in its guidance code — a mark smaller than a grain of...
On July 22, 1962, Mariner 1 was destroyed 293 seconds after launch because a single missing symbol in its guidance code — a mark smaller than a grain of...
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