Which BYC member scares you?

[sdm111]

I know there is 10 mm in a cm, 10 cm in a decimeter, 10 decimeters in a meter, 10 meters in a dekameter, 10 dekameters in a hectometer, and 10 hectometers in a kilometer

What I would do with that? Not much

Metric system is easy I know
.30, .32, .35 .38, 9mm, 10mm, .45, .50 etc easy peasy

 

[Cold-Blood]

I am familiar with both systems. I like the metric system more, as it is based on tens. So much easier.

 

[Cold-Blood]

Every nut, bolt, and fastener on those missions is metric...

Interestingly, all the computer guidance was also metric for the calculations, BUT, was displayed in feet/miles/nautical miles for the crew because as pilots, that's what they were used to and understood. Here's a neat article about that,

https://ukma.org.uk/why-metric/myths/metric-internationally/the-moon-landings/

This concludes my nerd talk. Please tip your servers.

I gave you a "like"
Good enough?

 

[Everose]

So why haven't you been back there for 40+ years.....

I swear we've been back there like five or six times
Lemme check. I will be disappointed in us if we've really stayed away for 40+ years

 

[azurbanclucker]

I swear we've been back there like five or six times
Lemme check. I will be disappointed in us if we've really stayed away for 40+ years

Apollo 17, Dec 1972.

 

[Everose]

I swear we've been back there like five or six times
Lemme check. I will be disappointed in us if we've really stayed away for 40+ years

Danngit we've only had six manned missions and it's been a long time since the last one

 

[Everose]

Apollo 17, Dec 1972.

Good grief man, how do you remember all of these dates?! I'm lucky if I remember my mother's birthday

 

[azurbanclucker]

To no one's surprise, I have a footlocker full of space junk like this:

Magazines, newspaper clippings, patches, records (vinyl), 8mm film, reel-to-reel, a couple maps, etc. From pre-Apollo through early 90's. My Godfather was a space nut and is a large part of why I'm also obsessed, and he gave me his "space junk trunk" shortly before he passed.

 

[azurbanclucker]

Good grief man, how do you remember all of these dates?! I'm lucky if I remember my mother's birthday

I wanted to be an astronaut when I was a kid. I would still jump at the chance to go to space without hesitation.

 

[bill3607]

So why haven't you been back there for 40+ years.....

Been there done that