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
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
Or, in short: Space is metric now.
I locked on the same observation. Without being curious
enough to follow up I just assumed that the intended
audience is foreign.
Regarding units of measurement, there are two types of countries:
Those that use metric, and those THAT HAVE BEEN TO THE MOON.
So boom!