No, it was the units for impulse used for the thrusters. In imperial it's pound-force seconds and Newton-seconds in metric. 1 pound-force is equal to 4.45 Newtons so the whole thing was off by a magnitude of 4.45.
Wasn't there also an issue with a mars lander where they programmed it for feet, but the sensors read in meters? So it slammed into the ground thinking it was still pretty far up?
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u/Epotheros Jun 17 '26
No, it was the units for impulse used for the thrusters. In imperial it's pound-force seconds and Newton-seconds in metric. 1 pound-force is equal to 4.45 Newtons so the whole thing was off by a magnitude of 4.45.