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 (DIR) Post #B4zT1e8zwJ5BiCp744 by mrundkvist@archaeo.social
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       You know there's something wrong with US politics when NASA is forced to communicate in Imperial measurements."Orion’s main engine provides up to 6,000 pounds of thrust, enough to accelerate a car from 0 to 60 mph in about 2.7 seconds. At the time of the burn, Orion’s mass was 58,000 pounds and burned approximately 1,000 pounds of fuel during the firing."https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/04/02/artemis-ii-flight-day-2-orion-completes-tli-burn-crew-begins-journey-to-the-moon/#space #artemis #nasa
       
 (DIR) Post #B4zT1enPW3PPjXjO3U by mrundkvist@archaeo.social
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       OFFS "On the station, crews rely on more than 4,000 pounds of exercise hardware spread across roughly 850 cubic feet." 🙄 #science #nasa #artemis
       
 (DIR) Post #B4zT1fIFfO4xHCA17w by mrundkvist@archaeo.social
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       NASA's use of Imperial measurements is similar to if US biologists started using species names in the Texas dialect instead of in Latin.#science #nasa #artemis #space
       
 (DIR) Post #B4zT1fori8AOuLQ3xg by mrundkvist@archaeo.social
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       I can't overstate this. NASA's use of pounds and cubic feet in its outreach efforts does not come across to science-literate people, inside or outside the US, as a sign that the country is a badass superpower that can do what it likes and ignore everyone else.Instead it suggests that the US is a provincial nation of dungaree-wearing banjo players.#science #nasa #artemis #space