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[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Don’t forget this one https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Climate_Orbiter

An investigation attributed the failure to a measurement mismatch between two measurement systems: SI units (metric) by NASA and US customary units by spacecraft builder Lockheed Martin.

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[–] Psythik 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Why the fuck is/was NASA using the US customary system? Science is always done in metric, even in the US.

[–] gerbler 6 points 1 week ago

IIRC they had outsourced to a contractor and that contractor was using imperial

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