Gentlemen: Here is the answer I just got from someone at NASA Watch. I am not familiar with their politics or perspective regarding NASA, but his answer seems quite plausible.
Bad news all around. Ezra ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "Keith Cowing" <[email protected]> To: "ezra steinberg" <[email protected]> Cc: "Keith Cowing" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2009 8:44:29 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: Re: Constellation Management Directive to use English (US Customary) units instead of metric This is also posted on NASA Watch (we also own spaceref.com) . This is one of NASA's largest projects. As for whether NASA will obey its original directive - why start now? They ignore their own directives all the time. On May 30, 2009, at 11:42 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Dear NASA Watch: > > I just came across this management directive (MD) for the > Constellation program: > > http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=31353 > > Is Constellation a large chunk of NASA's future work? > > I ask because the text of the MD states that this constitutes a > waiver from NASA's standing directive to use SI (metric) in its > programs. > Will this effectively gut the impact of the original directive to > use metric across most (or all) of NASA, either directly or > indirectly? > > Many thanks, > > Ezra Steinberg > Technical Writer > Member, USMA (United States Metric Assocation) > Kirkland WA
