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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Correction, NASA only uses metric. Lockheed Martin was contracted for some systems and that's where the unit conversion problems came from.

Still partially NASA's fault for not checking / enforcing units.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Thanks.

Important to put the blame where it actually lies.