▲ 124 ▼ What is something that desperately needs to be standardized? (lemmy.dbzer0.com) submitted 4 months ago* by Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 170 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] innermachine@lemmy.world -4 points 4 months ago (3 children) There are 2 types of countries in this world: 1. Those that use the metric system and 2. Those that put a man on the moon ;) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] marito@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago (1 child) Funny thing is, NASA uses metric. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 months ago But their independent contractors use imperial and convert back and forth. This is how the Mars Climate Orbitor was botched. permalink fedilink source parent [–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago Interesting flex. Apollo Guidance Computer was working with Metric SI units internally. Calculations were carried out using the metric system, but display readouts were in units of feet, feet per second, and nautical miles – units that the Apollo astronauts were accustomed to. Apollo Guidance Computer | Wikipedia permalink fedilink source parent [–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 0 points 4 months ago and how did that Mars landing go? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] marito@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago (1 child) Funny thing is, NASA uses metric. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 months ago But their independent contractors use imperial and convert back and forth. This is how the Mars Climate Orbitor was botched. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 months ago But their independent contractors use imperial and convert back and forth. This is how the Mars Climate Orbitor was botched. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago Interesting flex. Apollo Guidance Computer was working with Metric SI units internally. Calculations were carried out using the metric system, but display readouts were in units of feet, feet per second, and nautical miles – units that the Apollo astronauts were accustomed to. Apollo Guidance Computer | Wikipedia permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 0 points 4 months ago and how did that Mars landing go? permalink fedilink source parent