Return-Path: Received: from rly-ma01.mx.aol.com (rly-ma01.mail.aol.com [172.20.116.44]) by air-ma07.mail.aol.com (v121.5) with ESMTP id MAILINMA074-889488104771e5; Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:00:53 -0400 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by rly-ma01.mx.aol.com (v121.5) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINMA013-889488104771e5; Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:00:43 -0400 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1KJx3t-0006Hk-R6 for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:00:21 +0100 Received: from [193.82.116.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1KJx3t-0006Hb-Gg for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:00:21 +0100 Received: from smarthost3.mail.uk.easynet.net ([212.135.6.13]) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1KJx3q-0007j1-TS for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:00:21 +0100 Received: from bb-87-82-25-171.ukonline.co.uk ([87.82.25.171] helo=[192.168.0.3]) by smarthost3.mail.uk.easynet.net with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 1KJx3p-000Jls-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:00:17 +0100 Message-ID: <4881055B.5070501@ukonline.co.uk> Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:04:27 +0100 From: Peter Dodd User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Windows/20080421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: <000c01c8e8c3$7e117840$0301a8c0@mal769a60aa920> <20080718143702.3n65kjpyrugwkowk@webmail4.kuleuven.be> <002001c8e8d9$6612e240$0301a8c0@mal769a60aa920> In-Reply-To: X-Karma: 0: X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,none Subject: LF: Units Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-AOL-IP: 193.82.116.20 X-AOL-SCOLL-AUTHENTICATION: listenair ; SPF_helo : n X-AOL-SCOLL-AUTHENTICATION: listenair ; SPF_822_from : n X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version) Andy Talbot wrote: > The only country that doesn't oficially use the Metric system is the > USA, along with two tiny ones whose names don't come to mind. I think Myanmar and Liberia. > And > look what not using it cost the Nasa space programme! > How were these costs incurred? I have a detailed document describing the first United States manned orbital space flight and that was done using ft, inches, Lbs, degrees F etc, but that was in 1962. I find it hard to believe the use the same units these days. Modern USA scientific literature seems to be metric. Regards Peter, G3LDO