[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] How did they do it

[David Lees]

Yea, the metric - English units disaster.  Why metric units should always
be used unless you are buying beer 😜

https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/moon-mars/news/a28632/the-dumb-mistake-that-doomed-a-mars-probe-in-1999/

On Wed, Jul 5, 2023, 4:06 PM Ted Kochanski <tedpkphd at gmail.com> wrote:

> All,
>
> Remember -- Mars has a tendency of inducing conversion errors
> Google for yourself how many of these
>
> Ted
>
> On Wed, Jul 5, 2023 at 3:59 PM George Gamota <ggamota at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> You guys are right. Need stronger glasses :-)
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Jul 5, 2023, at 2:51 PM, Dick Miller <TheMillers at millermicro.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>  George, it will take more than a century for that rover to travel that
>> distance. That is, if the likelihood of mechanical breakdown - or a Martian
>> monster - doesn't come first.
>>
>> It has traveled about 1.2 miles so far. In the article you cited, those
>> were American decimal points, not European ones.
>>
>> Cheers from
>> --Dick Miller, Partner, MMS <TheMillers at millermicro.com>
>>
>> Sent from an awesome, inexpensive, non-proprietary
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>>
>> On 7/5/23 14:15, Donald Cooke wrote:
>>
>> That's a long way. Wikipedia has another opinion, Meters, not Kilometers:
>> <image.png>
>>
>>
>> Don Cooke   #523  603.219.9259
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 5, 2023 at 10:57 AM <ggamota at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I just saw that  the Chinese rover on Mars traveled over 1, 100 miles in
>>> one year. Seems like they figured out a way to travel autonomously.
>>>
>>> Any thoughts?
>>>
>>> George
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The Zhurong rover has operated on the surface of Mars for over a year
>>> since it deployed on May 22nd, 2021. Before the rover suspended operations
>>> on May 20, 2022, due to the onset of winter and the approach of seasonal
>>> sandstorms, Zhurong managed to traverse a total distance of 1.921 km (1.194
>>> mi).
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