Actually, Ehlers's bill had a much narrower scope and that scope got narrowed even more in the early stages. Essentially, it would require a contractor to pay the costs incurred by that contractor's failure to use the contracted units of measurement in a government contract (NASA, NSF, etc.). If that had been a law in effect when the Mars Climate Orbiter had been subcontracted in part to Lockheed Martin, they would have had to pay the replacement costs for the mission. Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In this article it mentions, "Rep. Vernon J. Ehlers, R-Mich., who has > reintroduced legislation to push the country's conversion to metric" > > I have yet to hear about this? Does anyone have any specifics? How > can we drum up more support for Mr Ehlers? > > > > > A Richmond Times-Dispatch article on NASA: > > > > http://www.globalsecurity.org/org/news/2001/010303-metric.htm > > > > Also, a UK ifp site: > > > > http://home.clara.net/brianp/ > > > > Nat > > -- > Get Backbone Connectivity at a Great Price! > One on One Internet Web Hosting, http://www.pop3now.com/go/oneonone/1000 > > Pop3Now Personal, Manage 5 Email Accounts From 1 Secure Window > Sign Up Today! Visit http://www.pop3now.com/personal -- Metric Methods(SM) "Don't be late to metricate!" James R. Frysinger, CAMS http://www.metricmethods.com/ 10 Captiva Row e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Charleston, SC 29407 phone/FAX: 843.225.6789
