Just read up about the Beagle 2 mission sent by the UK to Mars. Liked how the BBC web site referred to the distance travelled by the probe in kilometres. Then I was surprised to read the quotation by the mission manager that the probe will be slowed to a speed of "36 miles per hour". I'm guessing that the BBC didn't convert what the mission manager said to Imperial. How sad, then, that a British scientist in 2003 would still be using outdated units.
Ezra
