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last updated at 2018-09-04 20:59

HTTPS on Stack Overflow: The End of a Long Road
posted by seti at 2018-09-04 20:59

rocket goes boom
posted by seti at 2018-09-04 13:20

seti: the story behind the explosion is that apparently a whole sensor array was reporting wrong data, causing the flight computer to attempt to compensate - because the sensors' connection had been plugged in the wrong way. with force. because that connector was designed to only fit in one way, but if you applied enough force it would go in the other way too...

That Leak on The ISS Was Made by a Person. Here's What We Know So Far
posted by seti at 2018-09-04 12:22

seti: "Worker during the assembly of the ship Soyuz drilled a hole in the hull by mistake and concealed it. The hole was covered with glue, which degraded in space and was issued by the atmosphere of the ISS."
kandinski: OOPSIE

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