Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: gm-cm to oz/inches conversion?

The probe you mean about wasn't actually meant to land on an asteroid it was
for some sort of observation task. Then when they didn't need it anymore
they thought that there was a chance it might survive landing on this
asteroid so they gave it a go just to see what happened. The one I'm talking
about was definitly not a success. I think the UK could use a launch pad,
we could put it right in the middle of Manchester (read cardboard city).
It'd proberly get stolen though before they could use it for anything.
: )

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Wright" <Ian@...>
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Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2001 9:10 PM
Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: gm-cm to oz/inches conversion?


> Hi,
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <e.heritage@...>
>
> > It's just as bad for me! All I ever use is metric so . Wasn't there some
> big mistake recently where a probe was given it's co-ordinates in imperial
> by one team and then metric by the other... darn conversions. I bet that
was
> embarrasing for them.
> > 'So... what's our 30 million dollars worth of probe found this week? I
> hope it's good, it'll be the only one we can afford to send this year.'
> > 'Well... erm... err... I sort of lost it sir.'
>
> I must admit to using metric more than anything else but I find anything
> other than grams and millimetres a bit hard to remember - especially, for
> some reason, those measurements which are named after a person!
>
> As to the space program, I heard that NASA has just landed a vehicle on an
> asteroid - so what were they really aiming for??? ;o)
>
> Ian
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