On Fri, 1 Sep 2017 12:58:20 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

Mars-type screw-up is, perhaps, not a bad thing.

There is also the "Gimli Glider" incident. Only due to tremendous luck
and pilot flying skill, nobody died.
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RoRo

Robert Roland wrote on 9/2/2017 4:32 PM:
On Fri, 1 Sep 2017 12:58:20 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

Mars-type screw-up is, perhaps, not a bad thing.

There is also the "Gimli Glider" incident. Only due to tremendous luck
and pilot flying skill, nobody died.

I found one account to be a good read with this...

"A crew of engineers from Winnipeg airport clambered into a van and headed
for Gimli to assess the damage. During transit, however, their vehicle
unexpectedly ran out of fuel, nearly ripping a hole in the delicate
space-irony continuum. "

https://www.damninteresting.com/the-gimli-glider/

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Rick C

Viewed the eclipse at Wintercrest Farms,
on the centerline of totality since 1998

On 9/1/2017 6:37 AM, Andy Burns wrote:
wrote:

If we were using a metric system at that time, would they still be
called 45 rpm, or would there be some metric numbers used instead?


I'd rather pick my belly button lint than have any concern about this.

Mikek

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

says...

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.

On 2/09/2017 1:40 AM, rickman wrote:
Trevor Wilson wrote on 9/1/2017 6:26 AM:
On 1/09/2017 5:50 PM, rickman wrote:
Trevor Wilson wrote on 8/31/2017 11:07 PM:

I guess you can thank your brain-damaged Prez (at the time - Reagan)
for
that stupidity. Come to think of it, you have another brain-damaged
Prez
running the show again. What gives with you guys? You seem to vote for
people with the intellect of a 10 year old every now and again.

Seems to me electing bad leaders is not unique to the US.Â* Which country
are you from?Â* Never had any bad leaders, huh?

**Australia and, yes. We've had a few, but none quite as appalling as
Trump.

I know little about your leaders, but you have some great entertainment.
Jim Jefferies is a hoot, but I like his specials better than his show.
I watch several TV shows from down under, Ms Fletcher, Rake, Dr. Blake,
and I'm just startng Bess...


**Dunno who Jim Jefferies is. I will have to download some. Mrs
Fletcher, Rake and Dr Blake are all staples in my household. There are
others, but they probably don't travel well:

Shaun Micallef's MAD AS HELL, Utopia, The Weekly With Charlie Pickering.

--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au

wrote:

It was an EU firm that created the software

Oh? Looks like Lockheed Martin to me ...

"The primary cause of this discrepancy was that one piece of ground
software supplied by Lockheed Martin produced results in a United States
customary unit, contrary to its Software Interface Specification (SIS),
while a second system, supplied by NASA, expected those results to be in
SI units"