I certainly hope the habitable volume of 316 ft³ (8.95 m³) for a crew of 4 is a 
conversion error.  The Space Shuttle Orbiter was 71.5 m³ for a max crew of 8.  
If the figure is correct, it would make for a miserable 21 days. :)




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From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]>
Sent: Wed, May 25, 2011 10:55:48 AM
Subject: [USMA:50499] Fwd: NASA Announces Key Decision For Next Deep Space 
Transportation System

Here goes NASA off the track to SI once again for manned space exploration in a
four-man capsule designed by a metric-hostile industrial giant.

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