So, is the craft that just landed fully metric? Design, programming, manufacturing, communications, etc.?
Euric ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Frysinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, 2004-01-04 23:01 Subject: [USMA:28161] Metric Spirit > 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 > > -- > James R. Frysinger > Lifetime Certified Advanced Metrication Specialist > Senior Member, IEEE > > http://www.cofc.edu/~frysingj > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Office: > Physics Lab Manager, Lecturer > Dept. of Physics and Astronomy > University/College of Charleston > 66 George Street > Charleston, SC 29424 > 843.953.7644 (phone) > 843.953.4824 (FAX) > > Home: > 10 Captiva Row > Charleston, SC 29407 > 843.225.0805 > >
