There is a website for the Beagle 2; http://www.beagle2.com/index.htm
Checking through, I found measurements a real mess. Sometimes there was metric only, other times units were in the format SI (FFU). But SI tended to be "less rational". Also, one SI symbol was repeatedly wrong, like kph instead of km/h. All times are in am/pm format. Transmission rates are in kbps instead of kb/s. The way measurements are displayed appears to be a general statement on measurement usage in the UK: utter mish-mash. Euric ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ezra Steinberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, 2003-12-24 21:24 Subject: [USMA:27957] Mixed Bag on Mars > Just read up about the Beagle 2 mission sent by the UK to Mars. > > Liked how the BBC web site referred to the distance travelled by the probe in kilometres. Then I was surprised to read the quotation by the mission manager that the probe will be slowed to a speed of "36 miles per hour". I'm guessing that the BBC didn't convert what the mission manager said to Imperial. How sad, then, that a British scientist in 2003 would still be using outdated units. > > Ezra > >
