From an MSNBC online news article...
March 23 - After 15 years of triumphs and troubles, Russia's Mir space
station blazed across South Pacific skies to a watery grave Friday.
Russian mission controllers were praised for their perfect ditch effort,
but the country mourned the fallen star of its legendary space program.
"WE'LL GET together and drink 50 grams of brandy for our station,"
Alexander Lazutkin, who stayed on Mir for six months in 1997, said after
engineers successfully steered the empty craft out of orbit and into the
South Pacific.
That's the first time I've ever heard of drink by the gram! Here in
(highly-metricated, of course) South Carolina the mini-bottles that
drinks must be sold in at bars are 50 mL bottles. (We're apparently the
only state that does not allow free-pour servings in bars.)
Jim
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