You can if you wish. I'll post anything that I think is on the subject matter. Hopefully to spark a discussion.
If you don't like what you are reading, then stop reading that post and hit the delete button. Maybe it takes all day for you to browse, but I can do it in a matter of seconds. Euric ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian J White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, 2004-01-17 21:52 Subject: [USMA:28328] Re: leaky space station > Can we quit posting ANY article out there that has ANY metric in it? > Jeez guys. Especially Chimp it's like you browse the articles all day long > just to post here about how US media doesn't use metric...or the once and a > while when they do. > > Once and a while posting is fine..and I support it 100%, but when it turns > into a multi-message all day affair, then come on. I can search the > internet too you know. > > At 18:50 2004-01-17, Chimpsarecute wrote: > ><http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s1024569.htm>http://www.abc.net au/science/news/stories/s1024569.htm > > > >Pressure aboard the station had been slowly dropping for several days and > >on Monday morning stood at 95.97 kilopascals (kPa), Russian space > >officials said. > > > >After the crack was sealed, pressure climbed back up to 97.28 kPa, which > >is considered normal, they said. > > > > > >The US press has been reporting this leak in PSI. > > > >The BBC didn't mention the exact pressure loss other then: > > > >"The leak is in a flex hose in the lab window," he said by telephone. > >"It's 95% at this stage... It is most likely the culprit". > > > >Maybe they didn't want to use kilopascals but wasn't sure of the > >conversion to FFU, so they didn't print any numbers. > > > > > > > > > >I was wondering if anyone knows what units are used by the crew of the > >space station. My understanding is that the American contribution is FFU > >and contributions from the rest of the world are metric. Why this hasn't > >resulted in some sort of disaster is beyond me. > > > > From the ABC article there is only the mention of the American on > > board. I'm not sure of the nationality of the other crew member. He > > could be Russian. With an international crew aboard the likelihood of > > the units of measure being SI increases then if it strictly an American crew. > > > >Euric > >
