@[email protected] to [email protected] • 1 year agoeverything actually important is already metriclemmy.worldimagemessage-square213fedilinkarrow-up1825
arrow-up1825imageeverything actually important is already metriclemmy.world@[email protected] to [email protected] • 1 year agomessage-square213fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish12•1 year agoLet’s not forget that the Apollo space program used SI units at every step, except for displaying it to the astronauts.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink9•1 year agoAnd that a very expensive probe crashed into mars instead of landing because NASA used metric for all measurements but one contractor didn’t get the memo.
minus-squareLauralinkfedilink3•1 year agoNASA is also really funny and uses millimeters as their base unit for everything.
minus-squarePossibly linuxlinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoHave you ever done physics with non SI units? It is terrible and causes mistakes
Let’s not forget that the Apollo space program used SI units at every step, except for displaying it to the astronauts.
And that a very expensive probe crashed into mars instead of landing because NASA used metric for all measurements but one contractor didn’t get the memo.
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NASA is also really funny and uses millimeters as their base unit for everything.
Have you ever done physics with non SI units? It is terrible and causes mistakes