Hmm Tom I missed that. Perhaps that was one of those errors the editors never caught as they used a real HUD display that might not be in SI. Be a good trivia blooper question some day. Very observant of you to catch that.
Howard R. Ressel Project Design Engineer New York State Department of Transportation From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Tom Wade Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2015 8:24 AM To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:54872] Re: The Martian I remember when I read the book, I was pleased to see that the rather extensive use of calculations was all metric. I hoped at the time that the film, if it ever came out, wouldn't try to 'dumb down' this. I was pleasantly surprised that the movie remained true, and all the dialog consisted of metric units too. I was only able to find one reference to Colonial Units in the whole thing, and that was quite obscure (see end of message if you've seen the film but can't remember it). Overall though, kudos to the studio - great job. Incidentally, it's a fine film - I'd highly recommend it (as did everyone else I know that saw it). The book too is a great read (and has even more near misses and setbacks than the film). [the only non-metric units I saw were in the Heads Up Display (HUD) on the spacesuits. The pressure was reported in PSI, even though all other units, including temperature in Celsius, were metric] Tom Wade tom dot wade at tomwade dot eu On 2015-10-05 15:54, Harry Wyeth wrote: Thanks for the info. I was wondering about this very issue but haven't gotten around to seeing the movie. I read the book and liked the SI usage. Bravo for the movie producers! HARRY WYETH On 10/5/15 509:09, Ressel, Howard R (DOT) wrote: Saw The Martian movie last night, excellent geek movie and very much promotes science and engineering but more importantly it's all SI. In my opinion probably the best use of SI in a movie that I have ever seen. Not even a joke or quip about using metric, just part of their natural conversation. This is especially cool since NASA has been a big behind in this regard. Howard R. Ressel Project Design Engineer New York State Department of Transportation 1530 Jefferson Road, Rochester, NY 14623 (585) 272-3372 | howard.res...@dot.ny.gov<mailto:howard.res...@dot.ny.gov> www.dot.ny.gov<http://www.dot.ny.gov> Metric Means Jobs and Money!
