Thanks for the feedback! On Thu, Jul 9, 2020 at 3:40 PM John Altounji <[email protected]> wrote:
> I liked both your emails. You should combine them and publish them to > counter the bad social media. > > > > Way to go Stan, > > > > John Altounji > One size does not fit all. > Social promotion ruined Education. > > Education is values first, then knowledge. > > https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fjohnaltounji.weebly.com%2F&data=02%7C01%7CusMA%40lists.colostate.edu%7Cade5e98a022e40e795cd08d824d6d69b%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637299852428182365&sdata=YfKtounlqJo3KINkhGR12lX5q0CRmBrzg21sudcUvGw%3D&reserved=0 > > > > *From:* USMA <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Stanislav > Jakuba > *Sent:* Thursday, July 9, 2020 6:40 AM > *To:* U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]>; > [email protected] > *Subject:* [USMA 1479] Moon flight > > > > One more comment to the "We flew to the Moon with inches" argument: > > > > Without trying to diminish the Moon Flight achievement, we would not have > gotten off the ground without the metric designed and built-in-Russia first > stage on the rocket. > > > > It was not because "made-in-Russia" made it cheaper; it was because just > one scientific genius there, the only person in the world, figured out the > technology needed to control the burning rate on that huge scale. So it is > still today, although I do not know about the Chinese. > > > > NASA already was on the way to metrication judging from how many metric > training seminars I presented at various centers from JPL to Huntsvile AL > at that time. Why the US did not complete the "phasin-in-metric" is still > debated. I blame mostly schools, where the teachers, on all levels, > taught conversions instead of the "system." Trying to sell my > training seminars to teachers organizations - "oh we know all about the > metric units. Get lost." > > Stan J. >
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