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What major engineering blunders were results of faulty measuerment?
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The 125 Milion dollar mars rover was one of the early engineering disasters caused by faulty measuerment. The scientist did not convert inchess to milimeters.
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What major blunders occurred because of faulty measurements?
The Hubble telescope was placed in orbit with a mirror that had been ground to the wrong dimensions. A fleck of paint was stuck to the end of an optical interferometer and used as a reference datum.
What were major engineering blunders due to faulty measurement?
The most famous one that I can remember is the Great Kersten Blunder(Kersten was the programer that made the error). The Vigor space probe was sent towards Venus, but because of the computer programing error installed on it had a converting program for millimeters to inches, but it divided by 24.5 instead of 25.4. This error caused it to miss Venus completely and was sent hurling into space. Over 2 billion dollars of technology was lost because of one simple error.The Mars Climate Orbiter had a problem when trajectory programming teams from Europe and USA were working in two different measurement systems , imperial and metric. It missed the planet completely and was lost.
What causes black exhuast?
Running rich- either due to computer or faulty fuel injectors or carb. adjustment
Definition of a hasty generalization?
An informal fallacy of faulty generalization by reaching an inductive generalization based on insufficient evidence
What causes a 1997 Audi Thurbo A4 1.8 to be sluggish and have trouble accelerating up hills other than a faulty turbocharger?
Bad injectors,low fuel pressure, restricted air flow.
What major engeneering blunders were results of faulty measurements?
The Gimli Glider incident. It was found that the refueling was done in imperial units, while the aircraft's gauges were in metric.
What major engineering blunder were the result of faulty measurement?
So far, no one has identified any major errors that were the results of faulty measurement.Two common misconceptions are actually errors of a different sort -- the Mars Climate Orbiter and the Hubble Space Telescope.
Reasoning results in a conclusion that is not logically connected to the premise?
Faulty
What do Airline engineering and maintenance companies do?
The Airline engineering and maintenance companies check aircraft engines, repair faulty parts, service aircraft, and keep record of repairs.
EMajor engineering screw ups due to faulty measurement?
aliens abducted the mars rover
What results in faulty decision making due to group pressure to conform?
groupthink
What kind of reasoning results in a conclusion that is not logically connected to its premise?
Faulty Apex :P
Which major engineering blunders throughout history were the result of faulty measurements?
I've not comfirmed these yet, but I have a feeling that there was a possibility of the Channel Tunnel, which was dug from each side toward the middle, not meeting properly at one point.Isn't there also something about the Space Shuttle booster rockets' O-rings and a mix up with metric and imperial units?And then there's the main reflector on the Hubble Space Telescope which was incorrectly ground and had to be subsequently corrected.And, of course, who could forget Spinal Tap's stage props for the song 'Stonehenge' being completely wrong? (Like I just did). Not exactly engineering though - see links.
What major engineering blunders were result of faulty measurements?
The Great Kersten Blunder. (Kersten was the programer that made the error). The Vigor space probe was sent towards Venus, but because of a computer programing error installed on it, a convertion from millimeters to inches was incorrect. It divided by 24.5 instead of 25.4. This error caused it to miss Venus completely and was sent hurling into space. Over 2 billion dollars of technology was lost because of one simple error.The Mars Climate Orbiter had a problem when trajectory programming teams from Europe and USA were working in two different measurement systems, imperial and metric. It missed the planet completely and was lost.Not exactly engineering but it was an aviation blunder. An Air Canada flight was fuelled in Toronto using pounds instead of liters of fuel. The pilot calculated how much he needed thinking he was getting his fuel in liters and eventually ran out of fuel near Winnipeg. He successfully landed the plane safely at a semi-abandoned WW2 airstrip at Gimli Manitoba.The Hubble Space Telescope or HST originally had an incorredtly ground mirror (Link below.)
What causes a jeep 2000 grand Cherokee resistor to go out?
Running the blower on high for extended periods of time. The factory should do a recall do to faulty engineering.
When a motion for production is ordered by a judge to test suspected faulty equipment are the test results required to be filed with the rest of the case files?
Yes. If the court orders it, the results must be produced and then became a permanant part of the case file.
What conclusion will you get with faulty reasoning?
A faulty conclusion.
