2003-01-26 Who spoke the "one mile deep" reference? Did Harrison Ford ever speak a metric term? I've never seen him in a movie ever using metric. I'm just wondering if it was him using the mile reference.
John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nat Hager III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, 2003-01-26 06:49 Subject: [USMA:24634] K19 - The Widowmaker > Just finished watching the DVD "K19 - The Widowmaker". A great Cold War sub > movie obviously intended for a mainstream audience, with Harrison Ford and > Liam Neeson in the lead roles. > > 99.99% metric, from the depth in meters, to the distance to port in > kilometers, to the overheating reactor core temperature in degrees C. Only > one refererence in the entire movie to the ocean being "over a mile deep > where we are now". > > Very enjoyable, not quite as action-packed as U571, Das Boat, or Red > October, but quite good. > > Nat > > PS Not sure I understand that the reactor could reach critical mass and > explode, I know civilian reactors fundamentally cannot. >
