PugJesus@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agoThis is outrageous! It's unfair!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square46linkfedilinkarrow-up1571
arrow-up1571imageThis is outrageous! It's unfair!lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agomessage-square46linkfedilink
minus-squareOutlierBlue@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·16 days 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-squarekautau@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·16 days 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