What does MCO stand for?

Mars Climate Orbiter

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Samples in periodicals archive:

But the Mars Climate Orbiter burnt up in the Martian atmosphere after confusion between imperial and metric units in the software of the probe.

Mars calling Earth ..

The Mars Climate Orbiter burned up as it neared Mars because Lockheed Martin and NASA mismatched metric and English measurement units.

NASA probe set to explore Martian arctic; First it must survive ...

In another section, the author wryly cites the Mars Climate Orbiter experience--"Even rocket scientists make basic, easily avoidable mistakes about units.

How to write about numbers

Remember how NASA crashed the Mars Climate Orbiter in 1999?

The meter's running. (Tooling Around)

``People might think that this somehow might be connected to the Mars failures, but it has no connection at all,'' Baltimore said, alluding to the failed Mars Climate Orbiter and Mars Polar Lander missions.

JPL'S STONE STEPPING DOWN

In September 1999, the Mars Climate Orbiter ended up in pieces around Mars or smashed on the planet because engineers mixed up English and metric units of measurement.

LIFT-OFF FOR MARS; WATER HUNT... Mars

Young chaired a NASA-appointed panel that investigated the Mars program after the loss last year of the $125 million Mars Climate Orbiter, the $165 million Mars Polar Lander, and a $29.

Reviewers see red over recent Mars programs

The failed lander mission followed the loss in September of the Mars Climate Orbiter, which flew off course and was destroyed.

Mars Says: Go Away