contentbotB to Today I Learned (TIL) · 7 months agoTIL that NASA lost a $330m Mars Orbiter in 1999, immediately before mars orbit was achieved, because one of the contracted US companies used imperial units instead of metric.everydayastronaut.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1115arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1112arrow-down1external-linkTIL that NASA lost a $330m Mars Orbiter in 1999, immediately before mars orbit was achieved, because one of the contracted US companies used imperial units instead of metric.everydayastronaut.comcontentbotB to Today I Learned (TIL) · 7 months agomessage-square15fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squaredelirious_owl@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoThe US has required metric for all federally funded contracts since before NASA was founded.
The US has required metric for all federally funded contracts since before NASA was founded.