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Cautionary Conversation: Flying on Empty
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
How to Slash a Spacecraft Straight Into Mars
Spacecraft was flying from earth to mars when thrusters fired, changing its trajectory. But they didn't know how high it was so used newton's instead of pounds force. They came in at 57km above the surface of mars - much closer than expected. The extra drag slowed them down a lot more than they had thought. Anda billions of us lost money because of this error.
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