Wait a second, it says they had to destroy mass climate orbiter because the development and underlying software used different metric system ?
It's bit hard to digest. ( Although just checked wikipedia, it also says so ) How can a high performance organisation like NASA could make such a simple yet fatal mistake ?
Wikipedia page of Mars Climate Orbiter says that NASA was informed about this discrepancy by two people, but the "concerns" were dismissed.
What am I getting wrong here ? These are not the "concerns" you simply dismiss in a space mission. Could there be another story to this ?
It's bit hard to digest. ( Although just checked wikipedia, it also says so ) How can a high performance organisation like NASA could make such a simple yet fatal mistake ?
Wikipedia page of Mars Climate Orbiter says that NASA was informed about this discrepancy by two people, but the "concerns" were dismissed.
What am I getting wrong here ? These are not the "concerns" you simply dismiss in a space mission. Could there be another story to this ?