Another math error embarrasses NASA
KICK ME: NASA bean-counters get set for remedial math classes after GOP staffers on the House Science Committee find a $590 million mistake in the agency's 1999 Financial Accountability Report. "Inattention to details such as using English or metric units [blamed for loss of the Mars Climate Orbiter...
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