English/metric measurement error in the Mars Climate Orbiter

[hemmjo]

snip...and the Concordia was a much better balanced ship than the Vasa was.

Perhaps those people responsible for naming ships should take note of these two incidents at sea?? There is some difference of opinion in regard to cause for the loss of one, the other was clearly negligence, none the less ships were lost.

Costa Concordia, 13 January 2012



Concordia, 17 February 2010