BTW, that program is *currently available* in streaming audio on the NPR
website. The link is:
http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/
Click on "Latest Show" on the left (right under Morning Edition with Bob
Edwards logo) and then click on "Mars Mission" (assuming you have the Real
Audio player).
I supect the link will only last a day or so.
Nat
Fri 17.37 EDT
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Scott,
You are right, I recall hearing words to the effect as you describe. By the
time I dragged out and descended down the stairs to my computer, all the
while trying to remember the NASA man's name, I only recalled and typed part
of what I heard.
I wonder if Jim Frysinger is familiar with the name Ed Weiler?
Norm
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Clauss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: 2001April06 15:19
Subject: [USMA:12059] RE: 07:12, NPR Morning Edition, NASA, EdWeiler
> If you only caught the part you quoted, here is the preceding comments
from
> my fogged memory. Loosely quoting: "One mission to Mars was lost due to
a
> metric /english mix-up. It would nice to work only in metric. This
current
> mission will have english and metric units co-printed in the
> documentation..." Then he went on about Boeing and Lockheed retooling.
At
> one point he mentioned about how bad the attempt to sell gas by the liter
in
> the US went.
>
> Scott C
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> > Behalf Of Norman Werling
> > Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 4:28 AM
> > To: U.S. Metric Association
> > Subject: [USMA:12058] 07:12, NPR Morning Edition, NASA, EdWeiler
> >
> >
> > Interview in which Ed Weiler said "NASA cannot tell Boeing,
> > Martin Marietta,
> > etc. to spend billions of dollars to retool to change from
> > English to metric
> > units." I presume the interviewer was Richard Harris and the
interviewee
> > was ED Weiler because I was just awakening and heard the magic
> > words English
> > and metric and NASA, jumped up and looked at the clock.
> >
> > Surely the interview will be replayed at 12 minutes after the hour or at
> > least sometime again this morning.
> >
> > Norm
> >
>
