An American Death

Hunter S. Thompson called the past 100 years the American Century. He also claimed the American Century was over. Today I found a solid sign that he was right.

NASA finally goes metric!

The agency has decided to use metric units for all operations on the lunar surface, according to a statement released today.

The change will standardize parts and tools. It means Russian wrenches could be used to fix an air leak in a U.S.-built habitat. It will also make communications easier, such as when determining how far to send a rover for a science project.

No more throwing our weight around and stubbornly clinging to antiquated units of measure. From here on our nation's best and brightest will no longer flaunt intellectual prowess in conversion mathematics but instead use the lazy European's base 10 units. Just as the US has tried to do to its own people, the other nations have finally done to the US. We will cooperate and standardize along side the rest of the world.

This doesn't signal the end. It is merely an aftershock.