Ezra, Don & All: World experience has shown, continued use of imperial units -yards, feet, inches has only deferred/delayed/cancelled important projects when NOT using 'SI Metric Units'. It shall only be in the right direction id NASA cnages/cancells 'future projects' unless executed using 'standards/specifications' in Le Systeme Internationale d'Unites. Attempts, however, are underway to 'bridge' Time & Arc-angle; along with calendar with improved Mean Year that can meet the eye of *man-on-steet * astronomers alike* with minimal or NO changes. Please see: http://www.brijvij.com/bbv_shelving-NMile.pdf and
http://www.brijvij.com/bb_metro-contrbn.2007.pdf My recent results to get the BEST Mean Year/Mean Lunation, using divide six(6) for Leap Weeks and a combination of (896+834)=1730-year cycle/21397 lunation need only 3-day adjustment as ONE "adhika/extra Tithi" inserted during 577th, 1154th & 1730th years; and obtain Mean Year =365d 5h 48m 45s.78 & Mean Lunation =631866/21397 = 29.530588400243 days. Brij Bhushan Vij (MJD 2455009)/1361+D-186W26-04 (G. Thursday, 2009 June 25H13:67 (decimal) EST Aa Nau Bhadra Kritvo Yantu Vishwatah -Rg Veda Jan:31; Feb:29; Mar:31; Apr:30; May:31; Jun:30 Jul:30; Aug:31; Sep:30; Oct:31; Nov:30; Dec:30 (365th day of Year is World Day) My Profile:http://www.brijvij.com/bbv_2col-vipBrief.pdf HOME PAGE: http://www.brijvij.com/ ******As per Kali V-GRhymeCalendaar***** "Koi bhi cheshtha vayarth nahin hoti, purshaarth karne mein hai" Contact # 001 (201) 675-8548 > From: [email protected] > Subject: [USMA:45264] Re: NASA feedback about metric use > To: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:52:20 -0500 > > > Ezra, > > My posted comment was to *Cancel the Constellation Program* rather than drag > 19th Century units of measurement into the 21st Century. > > Gene. > > ---- Original message ---- > >Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:32:37 +0000 (UTC) > >From: [email protected] > >Subject: [USMA:45262] Re: NASA feedback about metric use > >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > >Cc: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > ... > > Maybe (as one of the persons quoted in the article > > says) the best thing is for the current program > > review board to decide to scrap Constellation > > altogether, making the backtracking to US Customary > > Units moot. ;-) > > > > Ezra > _________________________________________________________________ Lauren found her dream laptop. Find the PC that’s right for you. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/choosepc/?ocid=ftp_val_wl_290
