contentbotB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca • 1 month 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: todayilearned@lemmit.online
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)@lemmy.ca • 1 month agomessage-square15fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.online
minus-square@delirious_owllink2•1 month 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.