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says that science articles use SI, and that non-science article then use national ties to determine unit usage. I think the units are okay as they are.
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I've set the vehicle name to italics in both the article title and body. I wasn't sure about the references, so I left those as per the sources.
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After a spotcheck of various parts of the article, I don't see any significant close paraphrasing and the sources verify the article.
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It's a science-related article so I used SI units. Is the convention to allow nation units to take precedence in cases like this?
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Since the subject has strong US ties, should imperial units precede metric, ie 72,395 ft (22,066 m) within the article?
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set a new altitude record on November 11, 1935 by ascending to 72,395 feet (22,066 m) on the helium balloon
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You aren't consistent in whether you italicize Explorer II. Which should it be?
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