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Jul 6, 2020
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Mister P
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Doesn't NASA us the metric system?
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Proof the metric system is useless
LifelongAP
7/6/20 6:57pm
Doesn't NASA us the metric system?
Mister P
7/6/20 7:05pm
RE: Doesn't NASA us the metric system?
byuluvr
7/6/20 7:11pm
They do now. So does the US Army.
Fatalplacebo
7/6/20 7:12pm
Probably why we haven’t been on the moon in a while.
yaxcoug
7/6/20 7:13pm
RE: Probably why we haven’t been on the moon in a while.
byuluvr
7/6/20 7:14pm
RE: Probably why we haven’t been on the moon in a while.
yaxcoug
7/6/20 7:14pm
Well they actually used both. The computers were in metric and they converted
Fatalplacebo
7/6/20 7:16pm
Had to recalibrate all our rockets.
John Doe
7/6/20 7:18pm
RE: Probably why we haven’t been on the moon in a while.
CBaass
7/6/20 7:24pm
Good point. So do most American scientists and engineers.
chilango
7/6/20 7:24pm
Imperial units make my job harder. Best part of working overseas, "g sub c" = 1.
j-woot
7/6/20 7:37pm
I always think in kilometers and liters. But also pounds and inches.
chilango
7/6/20 7:43pm
Most US engineers use imperial much more than SI
delux_247
7/6/20 7:39pm
Not where I work. But maybe some industries are different.
chilango
7/6/20 7:42pm
Oil and gas unfortunately still uses imperial units, unlikely to ever change.
j-woot
7/6/20 7:46pm
I see little to nothing in metrics in construction...
CoachSpeak
7/6/20 8:12pm
Construction does seem like an industry that has stuck to Imperial.
chilango
7/6/20 8:27pm
I don’t know why but that is how it is.
CoachSpeak
7/6/20 9:18pm
All the engineers I deal with...
CoachSpeak
7/6/20 8:13pm
I work in the civil engineering field. I heard a story when I was in school that
scottfunkel
7/6/20 9:18pm
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mwcoug
7/7/20 5:50am
We use the metric system. Just in tandem with the Imperial system.
JmThms
7/6/20 7:45pm
Hilariously awesome how pissy and resentful citizens from other countries get
boogers
7/7/20 3:43pm
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