NASA used metric, it was a contractor that fucked up the conversion on their piece which they decided to do in US units for some reason
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even worse, Americans cant even get a pint right and will short you 4oz
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When you watch a ULA launch stream and they talk about how many nautical miles in altitude they are it’s just so fuckin embarrassing
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Technically the ISS isn't NASA and it has happened to them as well.
Good thing Trump is ending the only metric highway in the USA despite pleas from locals.
What units is the 1 above Nasa in? Is it a metric 1 or a "no public healthcare" 1?
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Gotta break a few pounds of eggs to make a meter wide omelette
To be fair, an Ariane 5 rocket failed because of a float being treated as a double, or something similar. I don't remember the details, but what makes it embarrassing is that it was the result of recycling code from Ariane 4.
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If your flight computer can’t count that high You will not go to space today
"Oh I'm sorry, did you guys not use imperial when you walked on the moon?"
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