Some years from now, he will construct and manage an Internet medium that belongs to all of us.

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While we've no idea how much the Mars Global Surveyor actually cost to construct, launch, and manage whilst hovering around in space, it's entirely likely that a single human error wiped out even more than was initially lost by the Alaska Department of Revenue earlier this year.

ENGADGET: Ill-fated Mars Global Surveyor has human error to blame