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Happy 25th deathday to the Mars Climate Orbiter! (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 months ago by threelonmusketeers to c/spaceflightmemes

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (14 children)

I've mostly killed imperial (well, US Customary) wolf by living outside of freedom-unit-land. Not so much intentionally, but my brain doesn't like miles and the like anymore. I do wish a third of a meter had a standardized nickname because 'about a foot' (about 30cm) is something people use all the time (including those that have never known the imperial/us customary system).

[–] interurbain1er 2 points 2 months ago

We call it a Rocco and the official international prototype was made in Italy.

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