Originally Posted by Steff2
Ok, are you refering to the scientist that calculated on the shuttle or what it was, and forgott to convert to the right measureunit?
But if we are in a bicycleforum and people want to know how much 75 kg is in their measure that they know for an example lbs, how should you explain it in a simple way?
It was a planetary probe, I forget which, but I met some of the scientists involved. Apparently part of the issue was recycling computer code, too.
I agree that for the person trying to figure out how much weight is generated by 75 kg, a simple, rough calculation will help. Multiplying by 2.2 is easy enough. (75 kg implies roughly 165 pounds)