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Olympus Mons - a volcano on Mars almost 3x the height of Mt.Everest

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Olympus Mons - a volcano on Mars almost 3x the height of Mt.Everest
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Olympus Mons (Latin for Mount Olympus) is a very large shield volcano on the planet Mars. By one measure, it has a height of nearly 22 km (14 mi).[3] Olympus Mons stands almost three times as tall as Mount Everest's height above sea level. It is the youngest of the large volcanoes on Mars, having formed during Mars's Amazonian Period. It had been known to astronomers since the late 19th century as the albedo feature Nix Olympica (Latin for "Olympic Snow"). Its mountainous nature was suspected well before space probes confirmed its identity as a mountain.[4] @Curionic

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In 1999, NASA lost a $125 million Mars orbiter because half the project staff used imperial measurements and the other half used metric.

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In 1999, NASA lost a $125 million Mars orbiter because half the project staff used imperial measurements and the other half used metric.
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Fallen Astronaut is a sculpture smuggled to the Moon as a memorial for those who have died in the advancement of space exploration.

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Fallen Astronaut is a sculpture smuggled to the Moon as a memorial for those who have died in the advancement of space exploration.
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There's no automation in measuring snowfall - the US National Weather Service has thousands of volunteers with rulers

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There's no automation in measuring snowfall - the US National Weather Service has thousands of volunteers with rulers