This is an improvement on NASA's part, Scott! Frequently their press
releases don't include the metric indications, even parenthetically. It
should be said, though, that the Mars program people have definitely
been doing better than the manned flight program PR officers at JSC.
Jim
Scott Clauss wrote:
>
> Just read CNN's report of NASA's Mars exploration revamp. It uses only SI to
> describe the Reconnaissance Orbiter resolution
>
> http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/space/10/25/mars.campaign/index.html
>
> Whereas NASA's own web report uses the barley grains (cm) format.
>
> ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/2000/00-171.txt
>
> Does this mean CNN went to the trouble of getting rid of the inches? I sure
> wish NASA would get with the program.
>
> S Clauss
