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Science Bowl Question

📅 NSB 2011🎓 HS🔄 Round 16#️⃣ Q21❓ Toss-Up📝 Multiple Choice

In 1999, NASA lost a $125 million Mars orbiter because:

W) The atmosphere on Mars was so corrosive that the orbiter was destroyed
X) The engine did not fire
Y) The robotic arm jilted it out of orbit
Z) Lockheed Martin engineers used English units of measurement and NASA used the metric system
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