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troutman · 04-24-2020, 11:32 AM

NASA uses the metric system while Lockheed Martin uses the English system when building a satellite
Cost of the lost orbiter: $125 million
Inflation-adjusted: $165.6 million

Rupert Murdoch has an affair with Wendi Deng
Divorce settlement in 1999: $1.7 billion
Inflation-adjusted: $2.2 billion

Capitain Joe Hazelwood crashes the Exxon-Valdez into Prince William Sound
Money lost in 1989: $4.4 billion in clean up and repairs
Inflation adjusted value: $7.8 billion

https://www.businessinsider.com/wors...cerro-grande-5

04-24-2020, 11:32 AM	#20
troutman Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Crowsnest Pass Exp:	NASA uses the metric system while Lockheed Martin uses the English system when building a satellite Cost of the lost orbiter: $125 million Inflation-adjusted: $165.6 million Rupert Murdoch has an affair with Wendi Deng Divorce settlement in 1999: $1.7 billion Inflation-adjusted: $2.2 billion Capitain Joe Hazelwood crashes the Exxon-Valdez into Prince William Sound Money lost in 1989: $4.4 billion in clean up and repairs Inflation adjusted value: $7.8 billion https://www.businessinsider.com/wors...cerro-grande-5 Last edited by troutman; 04-24-2020 at 11:35 AM.