"Down with the metric system. Imperial is what put a man on the moon."
We have all heard this mindless drivel expressed on the internet. BUT --
First of all, as several Metric Today articles have shown, most of the
U.S. lunar program was done in metric.
Second, the non-metric part was not in Imperial, but U.S. legacy units.
Third, it was metric that first put a man into space (Russia).
Fourth, it will be metric that sends a man to Mars.
"Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and
drunkenness sobered, but STUPID lasts forever." Aristophanes, the
ancient Greek comedy writer (446-386 B.C.)
--Martin Morrison
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