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We put several men on the moon and have sent unmanned spacecraft past the solar system with base 10. I think it gets the job done as far as astronomical calcul

by _mlbt 3y ago

We put several men on the moon and have sent unmanned spacecraft past the solar system with base 10. I think it gets the job done as far as astronomical calculations are concerned.

User23 3y ago
The Apollo program mostly used US customary units.
- gls2ro 3y ago
  Apollo used metric system when calculating and then transformed for displaying to imperial. source: https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/37607/why-did-nasa-use-u-s-customary-units https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/37607/why-did-nasa...
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  - User23 3y ago
    For the guidance computer. There was a lot more to the program than one guidance computer. If you keep reading the very source that you yourself linked you’ll find that NASA generally used customary units. Hence my qualifier “mostly” in my entirely correct comment you replied to.
pessimizer 3y ago
foot-pounds