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Which of the following metric mishaps did not involve the loss of a spacecraft?

1) Which of the following metric mishaps did not involve the loss of a spacecraft?
2) NASA's Mars Climate Orbiter was launched on December 11, 1998, from which space center?
3) On September 23, 1999, NASA officials were aghast when the $125 million Mars Climate Orbiter was supposed to enter the planet's orbit but instead was lost. What was the primary reason for the mishap?
4) What unit of measurement used by NASA scientists to study Mars's climate was confused with another unit?
5) When NASA's $125 million Mars Climate Orbiter entered the Martian atmosphere, it was supposed to orbit at an altitude of 226 kilometers. What was the actual altitude at which it entered the atmosphere?

Answer

  1. Which of the following metric mishaps did not involve the loss of a spacecraft?
    The Hubble Space Telescope's mirror flaw did not involve the loss of a spacecraft.

  2. NASA's Mars Climate Orbiter was launched on December 11, 1998, from which space center?
    Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

  3. On September 23, 1999, NASA officials were aghast when the $125 million Mars Climate Orbiter was supposed to enter the planet's orbit but instead was lost. What was the primary reason for the mishap?
    The primary reason was a failure to convert English units to metric units.

  4. What unit of measurement used by NASA scientists to study Mars's climate was confused with another unit?
    Newton (N) was confused with pound-force (lbf).

  5. When NASA's $125 million Mars Climate Orbiter entered the Martian atmosphere, it was supposed to orbit at an altitude of 226 kilometers. What was the actual altitude at which it entered the atmosphere?
    It entered at an altitude of about 57 kilometers.

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