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NASA lost a $125 million spacecraft at Mars because one engineering team used English units while another expected metric — the mismatch quietly pushed the orbiter onto the wrong trajectory after nine months in space - spacedaily.com

NASA lost a $125 million spacecraft at Mars because one engineering team used English units while another expected metric — the mismatch quietly pushed the orbiter onto the wrong trajectory.

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