The accidental use of Imperial instead of metric units meant doom for the Mars Climate Orbiter. Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The Mars Climate Orbiter (MCO) launched in late 1998 and was predicted to reach Mars nine months later. But that never actually happened. As the MCO approached Mars, it ventured far too close and eit... [4051 chars]
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