No. Much of the mechanical design and nearly 100% of the machining done at JPL were done in inches.
On Sunday 04 January 2004 20:50, Chimpsarecute wrote: > 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
