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[–] becausechemistry@piefed.social 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I still don’t understand nautical miles. Everyone knows regular miles. Or even feet, that’s what Blue Origin does because it’s relative to aircraft altitude that people might know. But nautical miles? I don’t get it.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 hours ago

It's a space ship I guess. I have a fondness for sci-fi that uses naval conventions because that's probably how things will end up going, because tradition takes priority over utility.