Science, Daily Facts, Interesting, Random FactsCuriousOneApril 09, 2019Other, Verified, Imperial, Metric, Facts, NASA, Because, Project, Orbiter, Dollar, Lost, Mars, 1999, Measurements, staycurious, Used, Half, Fact, MillionComment In 1999, NASA lost a $125 million Mars orbiter because half the project staff used imperial measurements and the other half used metric. Science, Daily Facts, Interesting, Random FactsCuriousOneApril 09, 2019Other, Verified, Imperial, Metric, Facts, NASA, Because, Project, Orbiter, Dollar, Lost, Mars, 1999, Measurements, staycurious, Used, Half, Fact, MillionComment