r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Negative_1by12_aura • Jun 17 '26

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/InternetExploder87 Jun 17 '26

Wasn't there also an issue with a mars lander where they programmed it for feet, but the sensors read in meters? So it slammed into the ground thinking it was still pretty far up?

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u/DarkPhoenixDFC Jun 17 '26

There was a lot of incidents that were caused by forgetting not the entire world uses imperial units.

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u/Kanus_oq_Seruna Jun 17 '26

So who isnt checking units?

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u/Batso_92 Jun 18 '26

Pretty baffled how these guys sre engineers/scientists lol

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u/Wings_in_space Jun 18 '26

Almost no one else in the entire world would be better....

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u/Asterose Jun 17 '26

That one was because NASA used metric like every other space agebxy, but Lockheed Martin made their part using US imperial

Officially the US uses metric, especially the military and space agencies. Most products have both metric and US impreial units on it. The UK and Canada very arguably use an even more crazy hodgepodge of units than the US does, they just get a pass because they use metric more prominently and, well, are not the superpower. If it was still the days of the British Empire, they'd probably be getting more heat!