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   XPost: alt.fan.michael-moore   
   From: russotto@grace.speakeasy.net   
      
   In article ,   
   5950 Dead, 1093 since 1/20/09  wrote:   
   >On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 22:45:44 +0000, Matthew Russotto wrote:   
   >   
   >> In article   
   >> <18c30afd-2010-412e-923e-0b256cd6725c@s18g2000prg.googlegroups.com>,   
   >> =?ISO-8859-1?Q?D=E4nk_666?=   wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>Of course U.S. weapons are designed using the metric system, since the   
   >>>math of physics is impossible without it.   
   >>   
   >> ROTFL.  Physics works just fine with feet and pounds rather than meters   
   >> and kilograms.  The math changes only by a few constant factors.   
   >   
   >Yeah, but having to convert km/sec into furlongs per fortnight does tend   
   >to increase the odds that your Mars probe may fail to adequately   
   >decelerate before encountering the planet.   
      
   All the rocket science was done (as most rocket science has been done in   
   the US since the days of Goddard) in traditional units.  The error   
   occurred when converting to metric, as required by NASA.  If the whole   
   system had been done in traditional units, there would have been no   
   issue.   
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