Mars probe (was Re: gm-cm to oz/inches conversion?)

I know that the last mars probe failed. The surface probes crashed
or the Martians decided that we should not get data from them or
something.

The Mars probe before that was a flaming disaster. Seems NASA and
all their wisdom, laid out the earth to Mars route in miles and then
the final Mars orbit in meters. Seems the darn thing came up and
landed short.

It would have been neat to see it burn up in the atsmosphere.

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., <e.heritage@b...> wrote:
> The probe you mean about wasn't actually meant to land on an
asteroid it was
> for some sort of observation task. Then when they didn't need it
anymore
> they thought that there was a chance it might survive landing on
this
> asteroid so they gave it a go just to see what happened. The one
I'm talking
> about was definitly not a success. I think the UK could use a
launch pad,
> we could put it right in the middle of Manchester (read cardboard
city).
> It'd proberly get stolen though before they could use it for
anything.
> : )
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ian Wright" <Ian@i...>
> To: <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y...>
> Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2001 9:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: gm-cm to oz/inches conversion?
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <e.heritage@b...>
> >
> > > It's just as bad for me! All I ever use is metric so . Wasn't
there some
> > big mistake recently where a probe was given it's co-ordinates in
imperial
> > by one team and then metric by the other... darn conversions. I
bet that
> was
> > embarrasing for them.
> > > 'So... what's our 30 million dollars worth of probe found this
week? I
> > hope it's good, it'll be the only one we can afford to send this
year.'
> > > 'Well... erm... err... I sort of lost it sir.'
> >
> > I must admit to using metric more than anything else but I find
anything
> > other than grams and millimetres a bit hard to remember -
especially, for
> > some reason, those measurements which are named after a person!
> >
> > As to the space program, I heard that NASA has just landed a
vehicle on an
> > asteroid - so what were they really aiming for??? ;o)
> >
> > Ian
> > --
> > Ian W. Wright
> > Sheffield UK
> > www.iw63.freeserve.co.uk
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