Some of us can read Dutch. I am one of those and I think that Han is Dutch.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Pierre Abbat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 3:04 PM Subject: [USMA:35427] Re: Error concerning Space Shuttle > 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 >
