[USMA:23457] Re: A quote that I want to counter

[Han Maenen]

My counter response would be: US units are second hand metric units; all US units are defined in terms of the metric standards by the Mendenhall Order of 1893 and an agreement between English speaking nations in 1959. All measurements made in UK/US units today are hidden metric. As far as I know, the landing on the moon was made using hidden metric, I heard, long ago as it was, nothing but feet per second, Fahrenheit and nautical miles. The Space Shuttle uses hidden metric as well.  The same with the first A-bomb I think. But in the latter case pure metric must have been used as well, apart from the construction of the bombs.   Han   ----- Original Message ----- From: Matthew Zotter To: U.S. Metric Association Sent: Sunday, 2002-11-17 16:18 Subject: [USMA:23414] A quote that I want to counter 2002 NOV 17 SUN   Once I ask someone, "Why don't we use SI?" Response, "Inch pounds put an american on the moon and dropped the A-bomb on Japan, so they're good enough for me."   So does anybody know if the Apollo missions were done in SI or US Customary Units? I know that a lot of Nuclear research is done in SI, but was the Manhattan project in SI?  Was the first bomb made with is mix of SI and inches?   Matthew Zotter