2009-06-21
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quote 10:19:00
“ We are doing everything possible to create a global market with as much commonality and interoperability as possible, but NASA still can’t make the jump to metric ”
Mike Gold, of Bigelow Aerospace, quoted in a New Scientist story, NASA attacked for sticking to imperial units. (Edit to correct link, to a much longer version)
It concludes “NASA says that the $370 million cost to convert the Constellation programme to metric is too high.” Have these people not read all the bitchy asides in science fiction novels about how deep-future Man is still cursing feet and inches? Come on, NASA, get a grip.
