contentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 6 months 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-square9fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up13arrow-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 · 6 months agomessage-square9fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBlizzard@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-26 months agoYou know how much effort would it take for Americans to change their habits? At least a couple of football fields of effort!
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!