On Sunday 18 December 2005 08:30, Han Maenen wrote: > I just read on the site of my provider Wanadoo an item about the first > Space Shuttle. There was not enough fuel to reach a target during a flight. > The cause of the error was a faulty computer program that confused feet and > nautical miles. An entry of 1000 nautical miles could be interpreted by the > computer as 1000 feet. Years later came the error with the Mars shuttle. I > could not find it on http://www.wnadoo.co.uk. > The item I read was in Dutch. I never heard about it before.
Could you post the Dutch link? I'm sure it won't be too hard to understand; Dutch is the third closest language to English. phma
