The Horrible Consequences Of Small Mistakes
Even the smallest error in calculation or a small misunderstanding could lead to tragic consequences, especially when it comes to the science of business. Below are eight of the best examples of how misinterpreted information may result in a terrible tragedy.
1. The discrepancy metric system units has led to the collapse of NASA satellites orbiting Mars
Martian
climate orbiting artificial satellite was launched in 1998 to study
climatic and atmospheric characteristics of the red planet. However, shortly after the launch of the link information was lost. The
problem was that the computer software in the world used a standard
metric in pounds per second (lb / s ) , adopted in the U.S. and the UK ,
while this unit was to follow the information obtained in newtons per
second ( N / s ) . Thus, the artificial satellite entered the atmosphere on Mars is too low altitude and burned .
