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unpluggedcord t1_j98ubi6 wrote

Reply to comment by manicdee33 in ‘We found the Artemis-I noise level at 5 km had a crackling quality about 40 million times greater than a bowl of Rice Krispies.’ — Maximum noise measured during Artemis-I launch on 16 Nov. 2022 was higher than predicted by marketrent

Fwiw the national measuring system is metric, it changed in the 70s. But nobody adopted it.

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Primary_Skill3749 t1_j999970 wrote

I don’t think that’s completely accurate as many scientific industries like medicine use metric as a standard in the U.S. Even nasa was using metric well before the 1970s.

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unpluggedcord t1_j999dgj wrote

I’m referring to the law that was passed by congress and signed by the president.

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simpliflyed t1_j9cc3u4 wrote

I think they meant the bit where you said nobody adopted it. Pedantic either way!

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