We can't blame NPR for this one. The female astronaut in a transmission having to do with the Oscars referred to being 250 miles from Earth. 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. Is there any doubt that America really intends to impose its wombat upon the rest of the world. After all, America is America and most Americans really don't believe that freedom and progress exist anywhere else in the world. Sorry, but I am really down since I heard her use the "m" word. Norm
