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r/Physics • u/DOI_borg • Feb 15 '16
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What about that mars probe?
69 u/Furah Feb 15 '16 Basically NASA were working with Lockheed Martin on a Mars orbiter. NASA were using metric, Lockheed were using imperial, and the realisation wasn't made until the probe ended up likely shooting out of orbit and has vanished completely. 6 u/Ducttapehamster Feb 15 '16 I thought it crashed into the planet? 3 u/Furah Feb 15 '16 The article says it's likely it flew off. Crashed into the planet is also likely, though.
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Basically NASA were working with Lockheed Martin on a Mars orbiter. NASA were using metric, Lockheed were using imperial, and the realisation wasn't made until the probe ended up likely shooting out of orbit and has vanished completely.
6 u/Ducttapehamster Feb 15 '16 I thought it crashed into the planet? 3 u/Furah Feb 15 '16 The article says it's likely it flew off. Crashed into the planet is also likely, though.
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I thought it crashed into the planet?
3 u/Furah Feb 15 '16 The article says it's likely it flew off. Crashed into the planet is also likely, though.
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The article says it's likely it flew off. Crashed into the planet is also likely, though.
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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '16
What about that mars probe?