One of the Mars missions fucked up because of this:
NASA was using SI units like proper engineers and scientists, except the sub-contract Lockheed Martin team, who were working in cubits or something.
The probe entered Mars atmosphere for aerobraking at about 1/3 the altitude that was planned - about 50 km up instead of the planned 220 km - and broke up.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Climate_Orbiter#Cause_of_failure
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Invisible Wizard - 13th Level Scrote, Wed 29 Dec 2021, 12:48,
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