PugJesus@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoThis is outrageous! It's unfair!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1592arrow-down121cross-posted to: starwarsmemes@lemmy.world
arrow-up1571arrow-down1imageThis is outrageous! It's unfair!lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square62fedilinkcross-posted to: starwarsmemes@lemmy.world
minus-squareOutlierBlue@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·1 month 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-up8·1 month 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