Jim NASA TV is almost the opposite. During the whole landing phase, wind speeds were given in knots, spacecraft speed in miles per hour, and altitude in feet. No metric equivalents mentioned. Temperature was given in degrees C. I believe they also used FFU when talking about how high and far the lander would bounce down range.
John On Sunday 04 January 2004 20:01, James Frysinger wrote: > My initial impression of the news releases I've seen on the jpl.nasa.gov > pages is that they often use only metric units and when dual units are > used, the metric units are given with the non-metric in parentheses. This, > even in verbally describing the navigational challenge, for example. I did > see one place where they said only "1500 feet (0.3 miles)", but that was > the only indication I have seen so far without metric or at least dual > indication. Maybe NASA's getting better! > > Jim
