It’s not that we need new ideas, but we need to stop having old ideas.” - Inventer Edwin Land
On Tue, Jan 28, 2020, 11:13 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > Send USMA mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of USMA digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. [USMA 1296] Re: Man on the Moon (Tom Wade) > 2. [USMA 1297] Facebook post (Phil Chernack) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 15:25:26 +0000 > From: Tom Wade <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: [USMA 1296] Re: Man on the Moon > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; format=flowed > > > > "Down with the metric system. Imperial is what put a man on the moon." > The response I normally make when this canard is raised is: > > "Yes, and the ancient Egyptians built the Great Pyramid -- which was the > largest man made structure in the world for 3800 years -- without the > use of wheels, pulleys or metal tools. This was an incredible feat, and > is a tribute to their engineering skills. It doesn't mean that because > of this, modern engineers should so limit themselves. Similarly, the > fact that the US put a man on the moon -- despite the handicap of having > an incoherent system of measurement -- is more a tribute to American > ingenuity and engineering than an argument to keep using the same system > going forward. In both cases, that was then - this is now". > > Tom Wade > [email protected] > > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > > USMA mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 12:13:02 -0500 > From: Phil Chernack <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [USMA 1297] Facebook post > Message-ID: > <CAK8dmHEZ=LWPAyCWGrJgpqLa=+LBTbTCqJyZKF= > [email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Saw this posted by a friend of mine who is in her mid 20s > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/private/usma/attachments/20200128/6d12d185/attachment.html > > > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: IMG_6087.jpg > Type: image/jpg > Size: 30107 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: < > https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/private/usma/attachments/20200128/6d12d185/attachment.jpg > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > USMA mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma > > > ------------------------------ > > End of USMA Digest, Vol 50, Issue 2 > *********************************** >
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