The 5 WC failures that we encountered resulted from 2 capsule calibration errors (equipment failure), 1 patient who could not tolerate placement of the capsule (patient intolerance) and 2 early capsule detachments.
In a 2001 letter to The New York Times in response to a review of Mr. Kraft's book, Mr. Carpenter wrote that "the system failures I encountered during the flight would have resulted in loss of the capsule and total mission failure had a man not been aboard".
Total tests done: 2,254 Number of drugs disposed of after the test: 155 (6.8%) MDMA capsules that tested positive for MDMA: 1,302 MDMA capsules that tested negative for MDMA: 339 Failure rate of MDMA capsules: 21% Ketamine samples that tested positive for ketamine: 158 Ketamine samples that tested negative for ketamine: 63 Failure rate of ketamine samples:29% Mystery substances: 91 PMMA: 77.
But the failure of the capsule's flight controls, combined with a loss of communications and apparent parachute problems, underscored the razor's edge on which human space flight is teetering in the wake of the breakup of the space shuttle Columbia in February.
A failed parachute is a possible, although unlikely scenario, and the company needed to test their capsule's robustness to a failure like this.
When also considering those eyes where LEC invasion remains limited to the periphery of the retrooptical capsule, the rate of barrier failure is significantly higher.
Impaired motor activity was shown by a high frequency of stomach retentions, prolonged intestinal transit times, large amounts of intestinal content and frequent failure of the capsule to reach the caecum.
Thus even under dynamic conditions, the loads applied by a maximally-active multifidus muscle to the facet capsular ligament are potentially large (43% on average) compared to the capsule's estimated sub-catastrophic failure loads.
To me, it's a time capsule of my successes and failures and a commitment to be there for her through the same highs and lows," he said.
The core problem was a failure of the space capsule's pitch horizon scanner, which controlled its angle of alignment.
