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So was the problem with the Mars Climate Orbiter caused by mixing up 'English' or Imperial units with metric units? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Climate_O

So was the problem with the Mars Climate Orbiter caused by mixing up 'English' or Imperial units with metric units? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Climate_Orbiter http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Climate_Orbiter http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_unit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_unit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_units http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_units

teamonkey 18y ago
JPL developed the software and used 'English' units consistently, NASA developed the Orbiter and used metric.
- baha_man 18y ago
  I'd never heard of 'English' units before, we call them Imperial.