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This glitch is the most likely reason the European Mars lander failed

This glitch is the most likely reason the European Mars lander failed

What could be worse for a programmer than being told that a software glitch ruined an important project? Well, how about if that software glitch happened on Mars, when a new robot was about to make a do-or-die landing. Over the past week, scientists at the European Space Agency (ESA) have been deconstructing the data…