Re: More Fun Stuff From Lunar Lander

On 24 Jun 2024 17:17:28 GMT, rbowman wrote:

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.
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I am a scientist/engineer and professionally I use SI units exclusively.
After all, SI is the universal scientific/engineering language.

However, in my daily life I prefer the traditional units.  I want
to purchase gasoline in gallons and not liters.  I want to buy
potatoes by the pound and not kilograms.  I want to drive my car
in miles-per-hour and not km-per-hour.  I can easily live in both
unit worlds.

Consequently, I am opposed to any kind of legal imposition of the metric
system (SI) to all human affairs.

Keep SI in the laboratory.  Keep tradition in daily life.

Now I shall quaff a cup (not 200ml) of cheap wine, drawn from
a hogshead keg.

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!