Though it was unusual for Lockheed to use english measurements for a NASA design (since NASA has stipulated using metric measures for many years), there were still numerous occasions where the error should have been caught and wasn’t. 7. Quaker loses more than $1 Billion on Snapple.
Mwaka 1999, Mars orbiter kwamba Lockheed Martin iliyoundwa kwa ajili ya NASA alikuwa waliopotea katika nafasi kutokana na hitilafu ya rahisi ambapo wahandisi katika Lockheed kutumika english vipimo wakati timu NASA kutumika ndio tani. mismatch kuongozwa na malezi ya $ milioni 125 hila malfunctioning na probe kupotea.