It just goes to show, even rocket scientists can get it wrong. Thanks
for the jolly good laugh! I'm still chuckling.
BG

On Nov 16, 2:38 pm, LowPro <[email protected]> wrote:
> Heck........was it an Apollo mission space ship that NASA lost because
> of its oversight Peter ?
> Which one ?
>
> On Nov 16, 8:34 am, Peter Brooks <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > On Nov 15, 4:23 pm, LowPro <[email protected]> wrote:> Ooops, I meant 
> > 1.3M...........so he's short and stocky.
>
> > We're in good company - NASA lost a spaceship because of a confusion
> > between metric and Imperial units.
>
> > With the short and stocky, I read it as 5'3", not 5.3M - I didn't even
> > realise that I'd done it, my mind rejected the over five metre option.
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