Re: [Phys-L] backwards units

[John Denker <jsd@av8n.com>]

On 2015, May 04, , at 11:52, John Denker <jsd@av8n.com> wrote:
 
> > I like to point out that getting the units wrong might 
> > cost you 328 million dollars
> >    http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msp98/gif/m98patch.gif

On 05/04/2015 05:08 PM, Bernard Cleyet wrote:

> You mean  $125 M?   
>
> This one?

I mean this one:

  http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msp98/orbiter/fact.html

327.6 million dollars.  Rounded off to 328.

> http://www.cnn.com/TECH/space/9909/30/mars.metric.02/  
>
> bc not certain he should believe CNN.  

When not sure, there are lots of ways of checking.

68.3 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot.
Except on CNN, where it's 88.5 percent of the statistics.