contentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 1 year agoTIL that NASA lost a $330m Mars Orbiter in 1999, immediately before mars orbit was achieved, because one of the contracted US companies used imperial units instead of metric.everydayastronaut.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1115arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1112arrow-down1external-linkTIL that NASA lost a $330m Mars Orbiter in 1999, immediately before mars orbit was achieved, because one of the contracted US companies used imperial units instead of metric.everydayastronaut.comcontentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 1 year agomessage-square15fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBlizzard@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down2·edit-21 year agoYou know how much effort would it take for Americans to change their habits? At least a couple of football fields of effort!
minus-squaredelirious_owl@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThe US has required metric for all federally funded contracts since before NASA was founded.
minus-square𝚝𝚛𝚔@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoWhat, and open USDM to international competition??
why don’t just use metric???
You know how much effort would it take for Americans to change their habits? At least a couple of football fields of effort!
Three eights of a teafuck if you ask me
The US has required metric for all federally funded contracts since before NASA was founded.
What, and open USDM to international competition??