This is the link to the error concerning thr Space Shuttle.
It's the item number 8, 'Ruimtevaart' (Space Travel).
http://www.wanadoo.nl/internet/specials/32067.html
Han
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pierre Abbat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, 2005, December 18 16:04
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
