I feel the same like you, and I can't just get it. The medieval units are to be
continued in this very high tech environment. These units can only be used in
high tech applications, because they are second hand metric (Mendenhall Order
1893 and the 1959 Agreement). The inch used before 1893 would never have been
suitable for such applications.
One can bet that ESA, the Russians and every other space agency will not be
pleased by this news. I think that Lockheed Martin as a major contractor has
everything to do with this.
It is a new program and starting it with metric from the outside would have
reduced costs greatly.
Han
----- Original Message -----
From: John M. Steele
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Saturday, 2009, May 30 1:11
Subject: [USMA:45124] NASA Going English
Unbelievable.
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=31353
Quoted from link:
Subject: New Management Directive on Units
All,
You've all heard the news that we're going back to English as the
primary unit of measure. Attached is the draft Management Directive. We're
planning on bring this MD to the CxCB on 6/5/09. Please let me know if you have
any issues.
