PugJesus@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoThis is outrageous! It's unfair!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square45linkfedilinkarrow-up1250arrow-down113cross-posted to: starwarsmemes@lemmy.world
arrow-up1237arrow-down1imageThis is outrageous! It's unfair!lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square45linkfedilinkcross-posted to: starwarsmemes@lemmy.world
minus-squareOutlierBlue@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 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-squarekautau@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 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