Friday Funny: The Most Expensive Mistakes in All History

Automation

You can’t take your eyes off this video – these amazing mistakes cost millions upon millions.

January 22, 2021

In this gripping video, we learn the (mostly) engineering errors behind these world-class disasters. As an example, the Mars Climate Orbiter crashed because the JPL and Lockheed Martin used different measurements – NASA using metric measurements and Lockheed using the Imperial system. Add to this Spain’s S-81 Isaac Peral: One misplaced decimal point created a submarine too heavy to float.

Rob Spiegel has covered manufacturing for 19 years, 17 of them for Design News. Other topics he has covered include automation, supply chain technology, alternative energy, and cybersecurity. For 10 years, he was the owner and publisher of the food magazine Chile Pepper.

About the Author(s)

Rob Spiegel

Rob Spiegel

Rob Spiegel serves as a senior editor for Design News. He started with Design News in 2002 as a freelancer and hired on full-time in 2011. He covers automation, manufacturing, 3D printing, robotics, AI, and more.

Prior to Design News, he worked as a senior editor for Electronic News and Ecommerce Business. He has contributed to a wide range of industrial technology publications, including Automation World, Supply Chain Management Review, and Logistics Management. He is the author of six books.

Before covering technology, Rob spent 10 years as publisher and owner of Chile Pepper Magazine, a national consumer food publication.

As well as writing for Design News, Rob also participates in IME shows, webinars, and ebooks.

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