Re: “Did nobody stop to think what might happen in an emergency in space?”

On Mon, 26 Aug 2024 18:03:35 +1000, "Gary R. Schmidt"
<grschmidt@acm.org> wrote:

On 26/08/2024 06:08, Paul S Person wrote:
[SNIP]

great fan of metric, but the French are certainly not going to agree
to use anything else in /their/ components, and at least using metric
will make the entire mission doesn't just die on reaching its
destination.
 

Are you aware just how few countries choose to not use the metric system?
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I'll help you, it's three: Liberia, Myanmar, and the USA.
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I wouldn't like being lumped in with Myanmar...

Perhaps that is a sign of hope for Myanmar, who can say?

And French domination of how things are measured is ... meaningless.

Literally. I may not be a fan of metric, but I don't run screaming
from the room when I encounter it either.
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