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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•1 year agoWell they did for the moon landing, and have as a policy since 1979. I didn’t know about why that orbiter failed though, pretty funny!
minus-squarePatapon Enjoyerlinkfedilink4•edit-21 year agoThe orbiter failed because while NASA used metric, the contractor (Lockheed Martin, I believe?) used imperial for one system and no one caught their mistake.
Pre- or post- Mars orbiter?
Well they did for the moon landing, and have as a policy since 1979.
I didn’t know about why that orbiter failed though, pretty funny!
The orbiter failed because while NASA used metric, the contractor (Lockheed Martin, I believe?) used imperial for one system and no one caught their mistake.