Kevin.Dowling@CMU-CS-A (12/01/82)
Does anyone have more information on Mariner I regarding it's mission being aborted because of a program error? The two reports I've heard are: NASA was forced to explode the 1962 spacecraft Mariner I when it veered off its course due to a misplaced hyphen in the mathematical calculations. The same only it was a misplaced comma in a FORTRAN DO Loop... (something like DO 30 I = 10.1 vs. DO 30 I = 10,1 perhaps?) - - - - - - - - - - Three memorable quotes from TV journalists covering STS missions I've heard are: STS-1 John Chancellor after listening to mission-control-to-shuttle talk: "That was some very complex talk, by some very contemporary people" STS-4? Some woman journalist after the shuttle had taken off and the cameras were tracking it: "Don't they get ill flying upside down like that?" STS-1 Tom Brokaw (about STS launch problem): "So, the problem it how to fool the computers?" Joe Kerwin: "Yes, that's what life's all about."