I wouldn't get too excited. The guy describing the submersible (a Scotsman settled in Australia?) does it all in metric, sure. But listen to "John" answering from the inside of the submersible when asked about the internal cabin diameter: "What is it, 1.3 meters?" You hear back, "42 inches" in what I'd assume is Australian accent. And that's about as metric as this whole exercise gets. When you watch the clip of Cameron actually speaking about the depths, he's first citing "Titanic depth," then "Bismarck depth," and then he just goes straight to feet, which obviously indicates that all the instrumentation was in imperial. And probably the design.
Remek On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 2:40 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Try the BBC report, at: > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17503395 > > The text in the report is metric with imperial in parentheses after, but > look at the video – all metric. > > John F-L > > *From:* Remek Kocz <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Monday, March 26, 2012 3:16 AM > *To:* U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [USMA:51563] James Cameron making news with the Mariana Trench > dive. > > James Cameron is diving to the bottom of the Mariana Trench, which is > making the current headlines. AP of course bungles it in their usual way, > and then some. Attempting to relate miles to feet to miles doesn't quite > work: > > > http://www.freep.com/article/20120325/ENT/120325017/Cameron-dive-deepest-spot-on-earth?odyssey=nav|head > > > > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2114/4893 - Release Date: 03/25/12 >
