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That's 510 million kilometers for the rest of the world.
by thescrewdriver 12y ago
That's 510 million kilometers for the rest of the world.
- danso 12y agoNormally I would've considered your comment a bit too glib...but in my total ignorance of this mission, I had assumed it was a NASA project. If the headline had mentioned "kilometers" -- and I can't imagine the metric system not being used by engineers regardless of nationality -- I don't think I would've been so quick to assume it was a NASA accomplishment.
- rakoo 12y ago> and I can't imagine the metric system not being used by engineers regardless of nationality You must be aware of the Mars Climate Orbiter incident [0] that metric people are quick to raise when dealing with this. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Climate_Orbiter#Cause_of_failure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Climate_Orbiter#Cause_of_...