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[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We achieved boots on the moon (using metric AND the imperial system ;)

Only the instruments for the astronauts displayed imperial units. All the science and engineering was done in metric.

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

And much of the calculations were done by computers. And I mean the wonderful ladies that made spaceflight happen: