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3. Convert 1236 m to km.

4. Convert 6.343 g to mg.

5. Convert 495 cm to km.

6. Convert 420 ml to L.

7. Convert 14.4 g to kg.

8. Convert 5.3 kg to mg.

9. Convert 120 cm to mm.

10. Convert 0.0002 kg to mg.

Q6. Answer all parts of this question in your own words. Use the internet to find

information, a good source would be The Mars Climate Orbiter Official Website -

NASA/JPL.

1. What was the first indication to NASA scientists that something had

gone wrong?

2. What was the target altitude that the Orbiter was supposed to orbit at?

What was the minimum survivable altitude for the spacecraft? How

close (altitude) did the spacecraft actually approach Mars?

3. What error did the investigation find (the "root cause" of losing the

spacecraft)?

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