At 11:59 3/27/01 -0700, you wrote:
>NASA must be using, or continues to allow to be used, the word miles as the
>lingo in which its astronauts routinely converse. I suppose the Russian on
>board is learning to use miles too. Who knows which 'mile" they mean
>because it doesn't matter since accuracy doesn't matter with Americans even
>if they are scientists or aviators.
Are the Americans getting used to the Russians using versts? That would
seem to be only fair.
A verst is pretty close to a kilometer, so at least if the Russians did use
versts, it wouldn't be too hard to convert to a unit that isn't archaic.
