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They used metric system to get to the Moon. Anything NASA does is done in metric.
by illiarian 4y ago
They used metric system to get to the Moon. Anything NASA does is done in metric.
- throwayyy479087 4y agoSame with the auto industry
- CamperBob2 4y agoMars Climate Orbiter has something to say about that, but you'll have to figure out where it ended up in orbit around the Sun if you want to hear it.
- illiarian 4y ago"An investigation attributed the failure to a measurement mismatch between two software systems: metric units by NASA and US customary units by spacecraft builder Lockheed Martin" So, no fault of NASAs, or of the metric system. For Lockheed to use anything but metric system in the modern world is bizarre.