The Stupidest Glitch Imaginable Killed a $72 Million Lunar Mission in a Single Day

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The Stupidest Glitch Imaginable Killed A $72 Million Lunar Mission In A Single Day

By Gizmodo

NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer probe didn’t exactly live up to its name after it launched from Kennedy Space Center last year. The $72 million satellite—designed to map and study water across the surface of the Moon—mysteriously went dark on day one of its ...Read more

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