So yes, hopefully the entire Constellation program, including Orion, will be 99.999% SI (except for that pesky PSI thing).
On Sep 1, 2006, at 11:04, Remek Kocz wrote:
Yes, it's embarrasing, but I think that "the rest of the world" knows about our special situation. Their news outles probably translate this to metric. I doubt that the flight control will switch to metric anytime soon. Glad to see that the design and flight calculations are metric, though.
On 9/1/06, Nat Hager <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Also its not just the design, but the flight calculations. I get embarrassed for the country every time I hear flight controllers saying "spacecraft xx miles downrage and velocity yy feet/second" going out over international news.
Nat
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Hehe, that was my first thought when I heard the news. Glad to see that the specs are all metric. They're still using PSI for pressure though. Some things just can't be gotten rid of.
Remek
On 9/1/06, Nat Hager III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: So Lockheed Martin's been awarded the contract to build the space-shuttle replacement, named Orion. I certainly hope the entire design is metric, it looks encouraging at:
http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/140636main_ESAS_05.pdf
Nat
Jason Darfus
Columbus, OH USA
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