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To: David Lawrence who wrote (2)	10/7/1999 7:31:00 PM
From: Wigglesworth	Read Replies (1) of 4023

How Russian invasion was thwarted! by Francophobic union workers at NASA in Houston!!! On Sept. 23, the $123 million Mars Climate Orbiter was lost when it veered off course and burned up in the Martian atmosphere. Last week, NASA revealed the cause: One part of the orbiter's navigation system was speaking in English units and another in metric. Why hasn't the U.S. adopted the metric system? The metric system originated in France in the late 17th century to combat rampant commercial fraud by farmers and shopkeepers who used the varied systems of weights and measures to their advantage. American metric advocates encountered stiff opposition in the '70s and '80s. In the 1970s, some opponents suggested that metric road signs would facilitate a Russian invasion. Labor unions worried that workers would be unable to learn a new system.

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