Apollo 11's onboard Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) used the metric system for the computer-controlled phases of the spacecraft’s descent to the surface of the Moon.
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@ukma.org.ukApollo 11's onboard Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) used the metric system for the computer-controlled phases of the spacecraft’s descent to the surface of the Moon.
@ukma.org.ukMargaret Hamilton, whose metric-system-based software helped land Apollo 11 on the Moon, dies at 90
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One unit mismatch lost a Mars orbiter
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@ladychelsea.bsky.socialAmerican education: ...and thats how you convert between imperial and metric
...couldnt we just use metric like the rest of the world?
AE: what are you, some type of COMMUNIST?!