Then there's the sad case of the Mars Climate Orbiter:
1999: A disaster investigation board reports that NASA’s Mars Climate Orbiter burned up in the Martian atmosphere because engineers failed to convert units from English to metric. Mars Photo Galleries: Where Will Next Mars Rover Land? Exotic New Mars Images From Orbiting Telephoto Studio Strange Places on Mars: What Do You Want to See Next? […]
1999: A disaster investigation board reports that NASA’s Mars Climate Orbiter burned up in the Martian atmosphere because engineers failed to convert units from English to metric. Mars Photo Galleries: Where Will Next Mars Rover Land? Exotic New Mars Images From Orbiting Telephoto Studio Strange Places on Mars: What Do You Want to See Next? […]
https://www.wired.com/2010/11/1110mars-climate-observer-repo...