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Originally Posted by hardflex
wasnt' there a space mission that failed a few years ago because someone didn't carry the units out correctly in the formula? Didn't convert from Metric to English or vice versa?
I think the English lengths, inches, feet, yards, miles, makes as much sense as scoring in Tennis.
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NASA- Mars Orbiter failed:
Nov. 10, 1999: Metric Math Mistake Muffed Mars Meteorology Mission | WIRED
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