First off, Murphy was an engineer and test pilot in the 1950s, and he worked on... wait for it... ROCKETS! Yes, he built and test piloted rocket sleds in the Mojave desert for NASA's predecessor.

Murphy's Law actually states: "If it can happen, it will." He said this after someone installed parts of a rocket engine BACKWARDS! It was a comment on bad design because the part COULD be installed backwards, rendering the rocket engine inoperable.

Sound familiar? Since the Proton-M sensors could be installed upside down, regardless of the indicator arrow, someone did exactly that.

Murphy rides again!