Submission + - Bad Software Strikes Again? (nature.com)

Submitted by cadogan west on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @07:01PM

cadogan west writes: In the accordance with the longstanding tradition of bad software wrecking space probes (See Mariner 1), it appears a coding bug crashed the ESA's latest attempt to land on Mars.

Comment hypsometric bathymetric survey of the ocean floor (Score 1) 114

by cadogan west on Wednesday March 04, 2015 @08:49PM (#49185053) Attached to: Paul Allen Helps Find Sunken Japanese WWII Battleship Musashi Off Philippines

The real reason he did the survey was to look for the wreckage of a Nazi sub carrying slightly denser than normal gold,,,

Comment atmospheres != psi (Score 0, Redundant) 337

by cadogan west on Wednesday October 19, 2005 @05:52PM (#13830877) Attached to: Honda Fuel Cell Concept with Home H2 Refueling

I think the summary's pressure numbers are a little whacked. The article says the tank pressure is about 350 atmospheres. One atmosphere = 14.695949 psi according to Wikipedia, thus the pressure in the hydrogen storage tanks is > 5100 psi.

Submission + - Bad Software Strikes Again? (nature.com)

Comment hypsometric bathymetric survey of the ocean floor (Score 1) 114

Comment atmospheres != psi (Score 0, Redundant) 337

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