[amsat-bb] Re: AMSAT-NA totally metric?

At 07:49 AM 1/21/2007, Edward R. Cole wrote:

So for the lunar project NASA is saying if you are participating then it will be in metric (suppliers listen up)! Good Move!

Excellent move, if you ask me! :)

To bad the US Govt cannot get with it. The way one converts (minds) is in the education of youth! It will take two generations to accomplish.

Well, all but 3 countries in the world have done it on an official basis, according to Wikipedia. It's a short term pain for longer term gains in efficiency when dealing with the international community... And it is a global economy nowadays, so it seems silly to have to work in two systems (one for US, one for the rest of the world).

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