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Deckname@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Well yes and no? Calculations were apparently done in metric units but operators were reading fantasy customary units.

Although data was stored internally in metric units, they were displayed as United States customary units.

Fom the Wikipedia Article for the Apollo Guidance Computer

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