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In the video on the website: Date: US date format Weight: metric Size: metric Speed: imperial Explosion: metric Consistency is key.
by WA 13y ago
In the video on the website:
Date: US date format
Weight: metric
Size: metric
Speed: imperial
Explosion: metric
Consistency is key.
- samwillis 13y agoWell NASA has history with making $300 million mistakes with units of mesure: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Climate_Orbiter#Cause_of_failure http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Climate_Orbiter#Cause_of_f... The primary cause of this discrepancy was engineering error. Specifically, the flight system software on the Mars Climate Orbiter was written to take thrust instructions using the metric unit newtons (N), while the software on the ground that generated those instructions used the Imperial measure pound-force (lbf). This error has since been known as the "metric mixup" and has been carefully avoided in all missions since by NASA.
- Zecc 13y agoAre we even sure of the type of ton used in the explosion measurement?