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Mars Climate Orbiter Loss - The 4.45 That Ate a Spacecraft

Mars Climate Orbiter Loss - The 4.45 That Ate a Spacecraft

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 Join host Ava Grey as she examines how NASA's Mars Climate Orbiter, a $125 million spacecraft, burned up in Mars's atmosphere because one team calculated thruster forces in pounds while another expected newtons—a 4.45 conversion factor nobody checked.

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