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Re:NASA spacecraft ‘touches’ the Sun for the first time ever by nine_k on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @10:11AM (#29566982)
I'd rather have them always use both units, so that people would eventually learn intuitively, by example, what a km is relayed to a mile, or a kg to a pound, etc.
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Re:NASA spacecraft ‘touches’ the Sun for the first time ever by kwhitefoot on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @02:14PM (#29570335)
Yes, but the primary units should always be SI. They can put the US Customary units in brackets after.
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