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NASA technician's simple error during maintenance of satellite ended up costing $135,000,000 in damages

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Updated 20:51 8 Nov 2024 GMTPublished 14:28 8 Nov 2024 GMT

NASA technician's simple error during maintenance of satellite ended up costing $135,000,000 in damages

A technician failed to fit 24 bolts and ended up costing his company and the Government so much money

Britt Jones

Britt Jones

Featured Image Credit: NASA report/PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images

Topics: NASA, Space, Science, Technology

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