contentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 3 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-text
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.comcontentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 3 months agomessage-square15fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarefubarx@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 months agoMy favorite cautionary tale whenever someone tries to rush a work schedule.
My favorite cautionary tale whenever someone tries to rush a work schedule.