Comment by mh- Comment by mh- a day ago 2 replies Copy Link View on Hacker News You can forget to carry a 1 in metric, too.
Copy Link rvnx 18 hours ago Collapse Comment - It won't save everything will will reduce at least two possibles routes of mistake (wrong unit, or imprecise conversion).OP wrote "km miles", which would create an incident.SpaceX uses metric system for that exact reason, because in the past, on Mars, accident happened because of imperial measures. Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link Retric 9 hours ago Parent Collapse Comment - Yep, the point of saying “km miles” was the hypothetical uncertainty around units even for European airlines who use metric internationally. However, even within metric might be some question around units. Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link Retric 9 hours ago Parent Collapse Comment - Yep, the point of saying “km miles” was the hypothetical uncertainty around units even for European airlines who use metric internationally. However, even within metric might be some question around units. Reply View | 0 replies
It won't save everything will will reduce at least two possibles routes of mistake (wrong unit, or imprecise conversion).
OP wrote "km miles", which would create an incident.
SpaceX uses metric system for that exact reason, because in the past, on Mars, accident happened because of imperial measures.