[Info-vax] Where is EISNER:: and who funds it?

[Dave Froble]

On 12/22/2021 10:41 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2021-12-22, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>>
>> For some of us, "F" is standard.
>>
>> As is inches, feet, yards, miles, pounds, quarts, gallons, etc ...
>>
>> :-)
>>
>
> The US lost a probe due to that mindset. :-)
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Climate_Orbiter
>
> Simon.
>

I'd suggest the problem was stupidity ...

The discrepancy between calculated and measured position, resulting in the 
discrepancy between desired and actual orbit insertion altitude, had been 
noticed earlier by at least two navigators, whose concerns were dismissed 
because they "did not follow the rules about filling out [the] form to document 
their concerns".


"The sky is falling ..."

Fill out the proper form ...

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