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[-] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 75 points 1 week ago

NASA used metric, it was a contractor that fucked up the conversion on their piece which they decided to do in US units for some reason

[-] zikzak025@lemmy.world 85 points 1 week ago

Lockheed is the company that fucked up by using US customary, for any curious.

this post was submitted on 30 Jul 2026
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