contentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 1 month 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-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
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 month agomessage-square15fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareBlizzardlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down2·edit-21 month 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 month agoThe US has required metric for all federally funded contracts since before NASA was founded.
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.