Marcus, The use of the term "Star Trek" was a reference to rather dated attitudes re measuring.
When you've lived in a metric country for many decades and you see a term "billions of miles" one automatically thinks of science fiction stuff, or even kid's comics. You'd honestly think that a leader in the world's technology, or should I say, the media division of a leader in the world's technology, would have been using the SI system for many years now. Regards Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ma Be" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 11:37 PM Subject: [USMA:23381] Re: Astronomical distance measures | Just a few minor comments on your letter, Mike. | | On Fri, 15 Nov 2002 11:22:37 | Mike Joy wrote: | ... | >The Secretary | >Media Relations Office | >JPL | >Pasadena | >CA 91109 | >USA | > | >Dear Sir, | > | >Re: Better use of measurements in your media releases | > | >First, congratulations on your use of SI (metric) measurements in your | >media releases. This now brings a sense of reality to your releases | >removing the "Star Trek" image of so many decades past. | > | I, personally, do not see a "connection" with Star Trek as inherently bad actually. Quite the opposite. However I do understand your "beef" concerning the use of 'billions' below.
