Sujet : Re: More Fun Stuff From Lunar Lander
De : bowman (at) *nospam* montana.com (rbowman)
Groupes : comp.os.linux.advocacyDate : 24. Jun 2024, 19:17:28
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On Mon, 24 Jun 2024 07:39:26 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
During the Apollo missions, you would frequently hear them talking about
speed in “knots” at one point, while giving distances in “miles” at
another point. And sometimes even “nautical miles”.
A nautical mile is one minute of latitude which can be handy on Earth but
I don't know how useful it would be in this context. The ICAO gave up on
knots when it came to using SI units. Apparently pilots are stubborn.