According to my Russian supervisor they are good at listening at walls.
But he is biased. But you are correct. John *From:* USMA <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Peter Goodyear *Sent:* Wednesday, 8 July 2020 7:29 PM *To:* USMA List Server <[email protected]> *Subject:* [USMA 1474] Re: Metric to the Moon 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] <[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]" <[email protected]> Date: Wed, July 08, 2020 4:48 pm To: USMA List Server <[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] https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma <https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Furldefense.com%2Fv3%2F__https%3A%2Flists.colostate.edu%2Fcgi-bin%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fusma__%3B!!KwNVnqRv!TpimtgEZvDBYlDv7y_q0pQzTITZb_iSPRLtgdPt5wfHAiSHa3tNVHXPU1AX8dxr9-xQ%24&data=02%7C01%7Cusma%40lists.colostate.edu%7C93082a02c09945b53fe408d823a1cc46%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637298525117762925&sdata=Qj%2F3DE3ukQdVnStOIhI0S1M0hTakXy34CAXPx6iIzzA%3D&reserved=0> _______________________________________________ USMA mailing list [email protected] https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma
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