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    4 days ago

    Interesting flex. Apollo Guidance Computer was working with Metric SI units internally.

    Calculations were carried out using the metric system, but display readouts were in units of feet, feet per second, and nautical miles – units that the Apollo astronauts were accustomed to.

    Apollo Guidance Computer | Wikipedia