Hi, everyone, You could also respond that the Russians: Put the first satellite in orbit, Put the first man in orbit, The first woman in orbit, Made the first spacewalk, Operated the first extra-terrestrial rover, Landed the only two probes on Venus, Took the first pictures of the far side of the moon, and probably a few other firsts, too. And they used the metric system exclusively, to design, construct, and operate their spacecraft.
Best wishes, Peter Goodyear, Melbourne, Australia e-mail: [email protected] = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > On 9 Jul 2020, at 10:02, [email protected] wrote: > > That's not a real argument though and more of a "poke in the eye with a > stick" sort of meme. It means nothing. The pyramids weren't built in the > metric system either. > > The Apollo missions were done in ifp because that's what they used at the > time. That was also 50 years ago. Let the snarky memes pass you by. I > agree, it's sort of a funny statement, but it really means nothing to the > actual argument. > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [USMA 1472] Metric to the Moon > From: "[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > Date: Wed, July 08, 2020 4:48 pm > To: USMA List Server <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > Don-- It seems that on some of the "social media" boards these days, a big > argument against the metric system is the (mis)statement that the U.S. got > to the moon not using the metric system. If I recall some of the > discussion here and in "Metric Today," the metric system was in fact used, > at least in part. > > Moreover, all of the space activities since then (space station, > interplanetary probes, etc.) have been essentially all metric. > > I'm thinking that it would be useful to have information to debunk this > argument collected as one of the red bullet points on the USMA's home page > (perhaps under "Why Use the Metric System"). I think I recall an article > in "Metric Today" on this topic. Perhaps it could be lifted for this > purpose and used as an easy response when someone raises the issue. > --Martin Morrison > _______________________________________________ > USMA mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma > <https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma> > _______________________________________________ > USMA mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma
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