n 1998, NASA spent $125 million on the Mars Climate Orbiter, which was supposed to report back weather and temperature conditions on Mars and search for possible water. The team that calculated the probe’s navigation used metric measurements, while the team that actually designed and built it used the English system. The miscalculations caused by the confusion in
BRICKBATS
Oct 20, 2022
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