> Who in physics works in imperial? Research is solidly metric in the US. The Mars Climate Orbiter was a research vehicle, no? It wasn't expected to make money

> Who in physics works in imperial? Research is solidly metric in the US. The Mars Climate Orbiter was a research vehicle, no? It wasn't expected to make money I'm sure. > was due to a failure to perform the necessary checks etc Which would have been unnecessary had they both used the same units. > and NASA takes responsibility for the loss, and does not blame lockheed. I did not mention blame, why did you bring that up? Point is, had they used the same units this failure mode would have been closed off.