[cripplecreek]

This mission is at least in keeping with the original mission directive of NASA which is one federal agency that actually operates on a shoestring budget.

I wish more of our federal agencies operated with NASA efficiency.

[oh8eleven]

I wish more of our federal agencies operated with NASA efficiency.

Metric mishap Caused Loss of NASA Orbiter
"NASA lost a $125 million Mars orbiter because a Lockheed Martin engineering team used English units of measurement
while the agency's team used the more conventional metric system for a key spacecraft operation."

Not to mention Apollo I, the Challenger and Columbia missions, the Hubble Telescope ...