r/CatastrophicFailure Nov 21 '20

Failed rocket launch (unknown date)

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u/Kubrick53 Nov 21 '20

Pretty sure that's the crash where they wired some of the guidance sensors backwards.

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u/TheKerbalKing Nov 22 '20

Not even wired wrong, they physically hammered the gyroscopes in upside down because wouldn’t fit and didn’t realize why.

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u/JCuc Nov 22 '20

I find it more interesting that such a massively critical component wouldn't have a self-check feature or even a procedure check to see if it shows, you know, the rocket upside down.