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cbanek
on May 3, 2025
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Old Soviet Venus descent craft nearing Earth reent...
And the classic accelerometer installed backward which doomed the Genesis mission sample return, although some bits were successfully recovered, the parachute never deployed.
dudeinjapan
on May 3, 2025
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Elsewhere in this thread someone was asking about the difference between acceleration and deceleration. Well, this is a good example!
cbanek
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The difference is just a minus sign!
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