[Robe]

3,750 meters and glided to an autonomous runway landing 60 seconds later, reaching a top speed of 530 kilometers per hour

Whats with the Meters and Kilomerters BS.. last I checked we were (The USA) using FEET and MILES..jeezzs that pisses me off

[Spktyr]

After the Mars Climate Orbiter debacle, NASA fully converted to metric to go along with everyone else in space - including their suppliers.

http://articles.latimes.com/1999/oct/01/news/mn-17288

[Spktyr]

Or, in short: Space is metric now.

[Sivad]

I locked on the same observation. Without being curious
enough to follow up I just assumed that the intended
audience is foreign.

[T-Bone Texan]

Regarding units of measurement, there are two types of countries:

Those that use metric, and those THAT HAVE BEEN TO THE MOON.

So boom!