NASA goes metric
 

http://science.slashdot.org/article..../01/09/1926236
NASA will be using the metric system on its new missions to the moon to encourage cooperation with other space agencies. Its about time, wouldn't you say Dave? ;)

Re: NASA goes metric
 

If you're referring to the whole Metric/Standard conversion incident, which resulted in the loss of a rover, it wasn't NASA's fault. It was Lockheed Martins. :cool:

Here's what Dave had to say about it.