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A Crazy Miscalculation Doomed The Schiaparelli Lander
The European Space Agency has released new information about the crash of the ExoMars Schiaparelli lander. Soon after the deployment of its parachute, the lander made a miscalculation so bad that it thought it was below the Martian surface, when in reality it was still 3.7km high.