And yet it is a miracle that Voyager 2 managed to send anything back at all, for its main radio system failed soon after launch, and its back-up system proved to be faulty.
The Post reported that a malfunction in Mir's attitude-control system also occurred in March, causing it to list until an alternate back-up system was activated.
This means that if energy is required on a constant basis then the system needs to be backed-up by conventional sources of power 73% of the time, and there are days when the back-up system is required for more than 90% of the time (In Germany, the industry association insists that renewables uptime averages 10%).
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It said clear, sterile water would be discharged and there would be a back-up system in case of error.
It was forced to wipe its entire files, and painstakingly replace them from its back-up system, after technical staff the scale of the problem.
"This will be a very pressured situation for some time - that's why we have launched an emergency appeal for funds to back up the system here, " she said.
What caused the disaster was the tsunami which shut down their back-up power system.
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The ship's freshwater system is back up and operational, the Coast Guard said, and the sewage system was restored to the forward section of the ship, but crews were still working on the rear portion of the ship Monday morning.
And my thing is I want to help people so they don't end up back in the system and they don't have the resources and stuff like that.
When it is injected into muscle, the AAV particles are sucked up by the hand-like protrusions connecting muscles with the nervous system, all the way back up into the spinal cord.
Microsoft has at last made it impossible to delete crucial system files, and if you do foul up, System Restore lets you turn back time.
Experts say that it is possible for this system and its back-up computers to be disabled by lightning.
The report also lauds the land-based eLoran radio navigation system as a very worthy back-up technology.
Trading in share certificates was more costly for brokers who needed to set up a specialist clearance system in their back offices.
Central bank officials seem to think prospects are so good that foreigners must be held back from gobbling up the country's entire banking system.
Despite much sighing over national sovereignty, many Thais hope the IMF can cut through coalition and bureaucratic bickering and force the government to take the painful measures needed to shore up the financial system and get the economy back on a growth track.
Although the system is designed to failover to a back-up switch, the failover did not function as previously tested.
And because the whole system can store so much information, back-up copies of everything in it can be made internally in more than one brick, meaning that such a failure destroys no data.
Backed by FedEx and American Express, support for Small Business Saturday has never felt a stronger need than in the wake of Hurricane Sandy in which many storefronts on the East Coast lost power and customers as the subway system in New York City struggles to get back up and running again.
They want to roll back Wall Street reform so that we end up with the same financial system we had that got us into this mess in the first place.
Again, NASA needs a renewed commitment to its exploratory mission of the solar system and ultimately, the taxpayer popular support to back it up.
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After charging up the battery, sliding it into the rack system at the back of the bike (which could not be simpler), and locking it into place, you're ready to go.
Aviation experts contend that even if intruders were able to access a control tower and disrupt operations, the nation's air traffic control system is designed with multiple back-ups so that other facilities could pick up control of the affected air space.
The way in which Frank recovered from the crash--maintaining his system of picking out-of-favor, undervalued stocks and riding them back up--impressed his young assistant and taught him a lot about the value of patience and persistence--in investing and in life.
He missed the start after failing to properly program his car's launch-control system and then, pushing to make up lost time, he touched the back of Fernando Alonso's Renault and was forced into the pits to replace his nose wing before finally finishing 13th.
Once a second scan has been performed and it is determined that your workstation is free of any known malware, as a precautionary measure we recommended that you perform a back up of all vital files on your workstation and perform a full re-installation of the operating system.
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Back then, as central banks all over flooded the banking system with cash, the Fed wanted banks to step up to the window and keep money flowing.
On the HP, Windows 8 proved so buggy at first that I couldn't even get back to the Start Screen home base for the system after opening apps and the computer froze up frequently.
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