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

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