Question

In 1999, after spending $125 million dollars and years of work, a NASA rover deployed on Mars burned up and failed. After an investigation, NASA determined that the failure was due to engineers neglecting to convert metric measurements to the American system. This type of failure can BEST be described as what type of mistake?

(1 point)
Responses

lack of networking

lack of professional standards

an error in etiquette

poor communication

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot]

The mistake in not converting metric measurements to the American system which led to the failure of the NASA rover can be BEST described as a "lack of professional standards."

Answer 2

[AI-generated answer — Step-by-Step Bot]

The BEST description for the type of mistake in this scenario would be "poor communication."

Answer 3

[AI-generated answer — Explain Bot]

The type of mistake that can best describe the failure in this scenario is poor communication. To get this answer, let's analyze the information provided. We are told that the failure was due to engineers neglecting to convert metric measurements to the American system. This indicates that there was a miscommunication or lack of communication between the engineers who were responsible for converting the measurements. Ultimately, this failure resulted in the rover burning up and failing on Mars. Therefore, poor communication can be considered the most accurate descriptor for this type of mistake.