Mixup over units of measurement blamed for Mars orbiter loss
Confusion between English and metric units of measurement apparently led to loss of NASA's Mars Climate Orbiter last week, when the $125 million spacecraft flew too far into the Martian atmosphere on its orbital insertion maneuver and broke up, preliminary failure review findings indicate. An...
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