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On Sept. 23, the $123 million Mars Climate Orbiter was lost when it veered off course and burned up in the Martian atmosphere.
Just Another Day at the Office: Among the findings of the NASA investigation into the loss of the $125 million Mars Orbiter earlier this year is the following: "There was a widespread perception among the Mars Climate Orbiter team that 'orbiting Mars is routine,' which caused the team to not pay enough attention to the risks of interplanetary spaceflight" ( LAT ).
The LAT and NYT front NASA's realization Thursday that the Mars Climate Orbiter spacecraft has probably burned up in Mars' atmosphere after flying too close to the planet.
In the Journal , mathematician John Allen Paulos notes that no amount of technological advance will repeal Murphy's Law--hence last week's loss of the Mars Climate Orbiter, which crashed after being fed data in pounds rather than newtons.
Last week, NASA revealed the cause: One part of the orbiter's navigation system was speaking in English units and another in metric.