[USMA:46228] Re: Ergs???

[Robert H. Bushnell]

                        2009 Nov 30
The reference to 1029 ergs is 10 to the 29th power ergs.
This comes from the cgs mind set from before SI was invented.
NASA needs to wake up and join the modern world.
                        Robert Bushnell


On Nov 30, 2009, at 2:06 PM, ezra.steinb...@comcast.net wrote:

Anyone have an idea why the article (from our friends at NASA ;-) below would mention ergs for energy?

  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/stereo/news/solar_tsunami.html

Ezra