Dear John,
Is this relevant — http://tmo.jpl.nasa.gov/progress_report/authguides.htm
— ?
In these NASA Author Guidelines for The IPN Progress Report
they say:
Units of Measure: All measurements must be in metric only, with no
English units in parentheses. Exception: components specified in
English units; for example, antenna mechanical components. In such
cases, specify dimensions in English units, followed by metric in
parentheses.
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On 2009/05/30, at 9:11 AM, John M. Steele wrote:
Unbelievable.
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=31353
Quoted from link:
Subject: New Management Directive on Units
All,
You've all heard the news that we're going back to English as the
primary unit of measure. Attached is the draft Management Directive.
We're planning on bring this MD to the CxCB on 6/5/09. Please let me
know if you have any issues.
