Um, yeah, we're aware that Martian gravity is a bit lower than that on the Earth and we do account for it. We also use metric units exclusively, as do all planetary scientists -- it's those engineers that you have to worry about. Conversion to the English units seen in the press is typically done by the journalists so as not to frighten the public.
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Um, yeah, we're aware that Martian gravity is a bit lower than that on the Earth and we do account for it. We also use metric units exclusively, as do all planetary scientists -- it's those engineers that you have to worry about. Conversion to the English units seen in the press is typically done by the journalists so as not to frighten the public.