@PugJesus@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months agoThis is outrageous! It's unfair!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square65arrow-up1592cross-posted to: starwarsmemes@lemmy.world
arrow-up1592imageThis is outrageous! It's unfair!lemmy.world@PugJesus@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months agomessage-square65cross-posted to: starwarsmemes@lemmy.world
minus-square@OutlierBlue@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish8•2 months ago We achieved boots on the moon (using metric AND the imperial system ;) Only the instruments for the astronauts displayed imperial units. All the science and engineering was done in metric.
minus-square@kautau@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink8•2 months agoAnd much of the calculations were done by computers. And I mean the wonderful ladies that made spaceflight happen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Area_Computers
Only the instruments for the astronauts displayed imperial units. All the science and engineering was done in metric.
And much of the calculations were done by computers. And I mean the wonderful ladies that made spaceflight happen:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Area_Computers