From: "Gary Wiltshire" 

On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 06:17:42 +0200, Antti Kurenniemi
 wrote:

> "Gary Wiltshire"  wrote in message
> news:opsiaijak4eipai0{at}news.barkto.com...
>>>> No, that was a Mars probe.
>>>
>>> Righty, that was the thing about the earhtling tons vs. martian tons.
>>> 
>>>
>>> Antti Kurenniemi
>>>
>>
>> I was watching a program on NASA TV, detailing the history of the two
>> most
>> recent successful Mars missions.  They were giving temperatures at the
>> surface in Celsius but windspeeds in miles per hour.
>
> Was it because some parts were bought from companies in different
> countries
> or something like that?
>
>
> Antti Kurenniemi
>
>

Actually I suspect that was reporting stupidity.  The instrumentation
damned well better be all-metric by now.

--
Gary Wiltshire

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