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NASA Lost $125 Million Spacecraft Due to Metric Conversion Error

NASA once lost a $125 million spacecraft because engineers failed to convert measurements from imperial to metric units. This costly error led to the destruction of the Mars Climate Orbiter in 1999.

31 Mar, 13:30 — 31 Mar, 13:30
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