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[โ€“] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 44 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

NASA used metric, it was a contractor that fucked up the conversion on their piece which they decided to do in US units for some reason

[โ€“] zikzak025@lemmy.world 52 points 10 hours ago

Lockheed is the company that fucked up by using US customary, for any curious.