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Two kinds of countries out there. Those that use metric and those that have gone to the moon.
by bobmcnamara 2y ago
Two kinds of countries out there. Those that use metric and those that have gone to the moon.
- makeitdouble 2y agoNASA might be the agency who most bitterly regrets not having paid more attention to units and gone metric earlier.
- steve1977 2y agoI get your point, but let's not forget where most of the US rocket technology is coming from.
- bobmcnamara 2y agoTwo time world war champs!!!
- robxorb 2y agoMaybe they'd have gone more times, more safely, or more quickly if they hadn't been befuddled by having to deal constantly with archaic and nonsensical imperial units?
- bobmcnamara 2y agoMaybe, or maybe they would have struggled with the same challenges we saw Tupolev struggling with to produce the TU-4. Practically, physical objects need built. If you're not doing it yourself you've got to work within the limits of your suppliers or push them.