Karl and all,
With my "tongue in cheek", I must emphasize that Americans don't have to be
fair. They believe that everyone else is supposed to accept the "American"
way, however dumb or nonsensical it may be. Surely you know that!
Norm
----- Original Message -----
From: "Karl G. Ruling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: 2001March27 14:59
Subject: [USMA:11886] Re: NASA's units
> 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.
>
