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

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On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 1:42:27 PM UTC-5, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 12/22/2021 10:41 AM, Simon Clubley wrote: 
> > On 2021-12-22, Dave Froble <da... 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 ... 

It was the fact that they were using different systems of units, not that one was using non-metric units. Which goes more toward the "stupidity" explanation.

> 
> 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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