Post #945646
2026-04-05 15:48 UTC
@gdinwiddie@mastodon.social @pthane@toot.wales @Mutedog@mastodon.social @mrundkvist@archaeo.social I agree about NASA communicating primarily to the US taxpayers, but it feels silly not to also include SI-units when there is an international aspect to this as well. "For all mankind" and so on. Hell, the service module is from Europe.
The point about decimals is quite inconsequential when SI prefixes are a thing.
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@aumalatj@mementomori.social 2026-04-05 16:01
@gdinwiddie @pthane Oh and about choosing a unit based on context: This misses out exactly on why a universal system is superior. Nothing exists in a vacuum. No context is separate. And where they intersect, an unnecessary unit conversion is at best an annoyance and at worst a horrendeously expensive and embarassing mistake.