The NASA Mars orbiter crashed into the surface of Mars as a result of the disparity in using the metric system of units between the jet propulsion and the astronautics team who built the spacecraft.
The metric system of measurement was envisioned during the French revolution in order to make a standard unit of measurement that can be used universally. This international system of unit was promoted by different scientists after the French revolution to make research easier across the world.
The team who built the Maras spacecraft for NASA used the English system of units instead of the standard metric system which resulted in wrong calculations by the jet propulsion team that ultimately lead to the crashing of the spacecraft.
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