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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 led to the rebellion a faulty economic system an poor representation of the people?

The rebellion was primarily fueled by a faulty economic system that created significant inequality and hardship for many. Coupled with poor representation, which left the voices of the marginalized unheard, frustrations boiled over as people sought change. This combination of economic strain and political disenfranchisement galvanized the population to take action against the established order. Ultimately, the rebellion was a response to deep-seated grievances that demanded attention and reform.

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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 special skills do you need for electronics engineering?

To be competent electronic engineering, it has to do with constant meditation and forebrain normal function and good sight sensitive and accommodation. These factor are knows as peripheral skill for engineering, but they play a vital role in field of engineering.THE ACTIVE SKILL NEEDED IN ELECTRONIC ENGINEERINGIn electronic engineering field individual focus should be on relevant subject for the field of electronic engineering, which base in mathematics, physic, further mathematics chemistry these subject has an active influence in these perfection(electronic engineering).Mathematics gives the foundation of calculation in physic such as measuring thickness, width the height.Physic. This subject has the upper hand in engineering curses and related subject. It role is to determine motion, frictional force, acceleration, deceleration of mechanical body.In electrical field, it enables the calculation for electromotive of a charged body and electron in that field.etc the skill of having the knowledge to solve these solution. Will help in field of engineering.Others skill is ability to detect and resolve the faulty part of the mechanism.And the ability to know the components of the mechanism.Ability to replace the faulty component.This skills are very important in engineering field.