On Friday, September 1, 2017 at 7:33:17 PM UTC-4, Andy Burns wrote:
Mike Coon wrote:

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Europe lost a Mars mission due to a lack of corresponding units. It happens.

I thought that was a USA mission. Which mission was it?

https://www.wired.com/2010/11/1110mars-climate-observer-report/

It was an EU firm that created the software, and the mission was a joint mission managed by NASA. The loss was the 'fault' of the EU specifically. NASA was at fault overall as they were where the buck stopped, ultimately.