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> Diving isn't the only place where the metric/imperial units causes > problems - NASA recently got its rods/poles and perches confused too ;-) > Is this guy related to our Bill Stone ? > > > "People sometimes make errors," said Dr. Edward Weiler, NASA's > Associate Administrator for Space Science. "The problem here was not the > error, it was the failure of NASA's systems engineering, and the checks > and balances in our processes to detect the error. That's why we lost the > spacecraft." > > > The peer review preliminary findings indicate that one team used English > units (e.g., inches, feet and pounds) while the other used metric units > for a key spacecraft operation. This information was critical to the > maneuvers required to place the spacecraft in the proper Mars orbit. > > > "Our inability to recognize and correct this simple error has had major > implications," said Dr. Edward Stone, director of the Jet Propulsion > Laboratory. "We have underway a thorough investigation to understand this > issue." > > Dave > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: bkh > Sent: Thursday, October 07, 1999 12:19 AM > > > Please can someone unsubscribe me from this list! > > I find it interesting, but seem to spend all day waiting for my > email to download and then reading them. > > Just a point, why has no one ever started a worldwide 'DIVE METRIC' > campaign. It appears to me that the diving community is split. Even if > we cannot become united in aspects such as rigs, light bulbs and courses, > can't we just sort out one system of standard units? > > Ben << File: att.dat >> -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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