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Implementing New Technology If new technologies were not created and then adopted, we would still be living in caves using stone implements. Unfortunately, not all technologies are faultless or achieve longevity. The Mars Climate Orbiter, launched in 1998, burned up in the Martian atmosphere. A mistake between metric and imperial measurements in the controlling software caused the spacecraft to miss its intended 140–150 km altitude above Mars during orbit insertion, instead entering the Martian atmosphere at about 57 km. The VHS home videocassette recording format's defeat of the Betamax format is an example, where a proprietary technology was overtaken in the market by a format allowing multiple, competing, licensed manufacturers. |
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