Is it even imperialism when they don’t use the imperial system?
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bridgeburner@lemmy.world 2 months ago
At least China uses the metric system, which makes them better than the US /j
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bridgeburner@lemmy.world 2 months ago
At least China uses the metric system, which makes them better than the US /j
Is it even imperialism when they don’t use the imperial system?
Bassman1805@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The one thing that upset me watching the Artemis II mission broadcast was the constant use of imperial units.
NASA uses metric units internally. They had to intentionally translate than back into imperial units for the livestream. Please, folks. Use the better units.
Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Isn’t this why they wrote off two Mars missions?
ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
You might be referring to the Mars Climate Orbiter. It crashed into the atmosphere because NASA used SI units, while Lockheed Martin, who worked as a contractor, used imperial. Specifically, for the amount of impulse of the the thrusters (pound-force-seconds vs newton-seconds)