Galileo screw-up too
Also recall that the Galileo entry probe accelerometers were mis-wired
and only by dumb luck was the parachute and radio sequence enabled.
See:
‘Murphy’s Law’ rules outer space
... And NASA still needs to learn how to evade it
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3033063/
Analysis By James Oberg
NBC News space analyst // Special to MSNBC
Updated: 8:18 p.m. ET Oct. 21, 2004
HOUSTON - In outer space, many earthly rules and standards don’t apply. But if space exploration has proved anything, it is that like the universal Law of Gravity, the Law of Murphy also extends throughout the known universe.