Patrik Moore, sir: While United Ststes is seriously considering to GO METRIC and fall in line with rest of the world, IT MAY NOT be a bad idea to give a shot and THINK for DIRECT conversions & adoption of the KILOMETRE: http://www.brijvij.com/bbv_shelving-NMile.pdf Regards, Brij Bhushan Vij Wednesday, 20110330H10:08(decimal)EST Aa Nau Bhadra Kritvo Yantu Vishwatah -Rg Veda The Astronomical Poem (revised number of days in any month) "30 days has July,September, April, June, November and December all the rest have 31 except February which has 29 except on years divisible evenly by 4; except when YEAR divisible by 128 and 3200 - as long as you remember that "October (meaning 8) is the 10th month; and December (meaning 10) is the 12th BUT has 30 days & ONE OUTSIDE of calendar-format" 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) ******As per Kali V-GRhymeCalendaar***** "Koi bhi cheshtha vayarth nahin hoti, purshaarth karne mein hai" My Profile - http://www.brijvij.com/bbv_2col-vipBrief.pdf Author had NO interaction with The World Calendar Association except via Media & Organisations to who I contributed for A Possible World Calendar, since 1971. HOME PAGE: http://www.brijvij.com/ Contact via E-mail: [email protected]
> From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [USMA:50228] FYI NASA km > Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 12:45:32 +0000 > > NASA news item gives distances in miles with conversions to km in parens: > <http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20110329/sc_space/nasaspacecraftsnaps1stphotoofmercuryfromorbit>. >
