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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?
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That was NASA's $125 million Mars Orbiter in 1999.
Nov. 10, 1999: Metric Math Mistake Muffed Mars Meteorology Mission | WIRED
In Canada, the Trudeau Liberals introduced the Metric System in 1970. We did, eventually, get used to metric. But the West has never gotten over Trudeau.
