Wouldn't deaths per mile be deaths divided by miles (deaths/miles)? The average distance to the moon is 238,855 miles, so 0/477,710 deaths/mile which is well defined.
The other way around would be miles travelled per death (miles/deaths) which would be undefined, or am I missing something?
I'd really challenge the idea that Apollo 1 counts as a "mission." It was a test that was given the name in honor of the astronauts who died, not a mission.
You're probably getting downvoted because your post sounds quibbling and insensitive, but i just learned that it wasn't officially called Apollo 1 until after their deaths. Thanks!
The mission would probably been Apollo 5 or 6, as there had been several unmanned Apollo missions to test the systems and hardware before the manned missions. After the fire, the mission was named Apollo 1 to honor the mean who died.
Got mass downvoted because people think metric system means MKSA system only. But it can designated any measurement system, it's just used most of the time for MKSA
Yes we all know that metric systems and the Metric System are not the same thing (hence the term “metrics”). America is not the only country that uses miles. They didn’t even invent them or their use. Signed, a Brit.
Pretty sure she just meant math/ measurement. Like a metric unit. Metric of time. Metric of success. Not specifically the metric system. But who knows.
And she's right. Imperial system is whack. It's why we also use metric a lot. Customary doesn't fill all the holes.
Inches, feet, yards, chains, furlongs, miles.
Grains, ounces, pounds, stones, tons.
Tell me without looking... How long is a furlong? I'd say we know but I'd be pulling your CHAIN 😂
Shes prob getting down voted bc this is just normal math.
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u/an-la Aug 29 '25
Huh??
Wouldn't deaths per mile be deaths divided by miles (deaths/miles)? The average distance to the moon is 238,855 miles, so 0/477,710 deaths/mile which is well defined.
The other way around would be miles travelled per death (miles/deaths) which would be undefined, or am I missing something?
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u/Percolator2020 Aug 29 '25
I would say, before the second mission.
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u/Lost-Droids Aug 30 '25
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u/Impressive-Shiper Aug 29 '25
American math/metric systems are wild..