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Ep 91 Mini Failure 08 Mars Climate Orbiter
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Length:
13 minutes
Released:
Oct 22, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
We’re releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we’re on production hiatus.
This week’s Mini Failure is about the Mars Climate Orbiter. Due to unit conversion errors, a space probe crashed into the Martian surface, a really, expensive mistake, setting back Mars data collection for years.
Original Air Date: January 9, 2022
Episode Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Climate_Orbiter
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/mars-climate-orbiter/in-depth/
Ways to get in touch with us
Twitter - https://twitter.com/failurology
Email - thefailurologypodcast@gmail.com
Website - www.failurology.ca
This week’s Mini Failure is about the Mars Climate Orbiter. Due to unit conversion errors, a space probe crashed into the Martian surface, a really, expensive mistake, setting back Mars data collection for years.
Original Air Date: January 9, 2022
Episode Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Climate_Orbiter
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/mars-climate-orbiter/in-depth/
Ways to get in touch with us
Twitter - https://twitter.com/failurology
Email - thefailurologypodcast@gmail.com
Website - www.failurology.ca
Released:
Oct 22, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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