metrication

The Australian Metric Conversion Board new about the differences in metrication processes in 1970 and avoided those that were so slow, such as metric conversion.

NASA Finds The Metric System Too Hard To Implement for Constellation - NASA Watch 2009

Just to add to the thoughts on the Australian experience with the metrication process.

NASA Finds The Metric System Too Hard To Implement for Constellation - NASA Watch 2009

Only at gov't establishments did I see metrication deteriorating to converting tens of thousand drawings - because some bureaucrat thought it necessary.

NASA Finds The Metric System Too Hard To Implement for Constellation - NASA Watch 2009

Direct metrication, on the other hand, is smooth, fast, and above all economical.

NASA Finds The Metric System Too Hard To Implement for Constellation - NASA Watch 2009

Here in England (well, Britain actually) the government is slowly eroding our traditional units and forcing metrication on us.

NASA Finds The Metric System Too Hard To Implement for Constellation - NASA Watch 2009

The metrication plan would probably require incentives for companies that need to convert.

NASA Finds The Metric System Too Hard To Implement for Constellation - NASA Watch 2009

Essentially all manufacturing and R&D companies that I consulted with on metrication face the same or worse problems than NASA (going out of business, law suits immune with Gov't).

NASA Finds The Metric System Too Hard To Implement for Constellation - NASA Watch 2009

For about 85 % of Australian occupations the metrication process was completed in a year or two (e.g. 1974 to 1976 for Australian construction industries).

NASA Finds The Metric System Too Hard To Implement for Constellation - NASA Watch 2009

The process for metrication does not need to be to the extreme you are suggesting.

NASA Finds The Metric System Too Hard To Implement for Constellation - NASA Watch 2009

If you choose the idea of converting to the metric system, it is best if you sit back and relax as your metrication process will be hard fought, it will be bitter, and above all it will be long.

NASA Finds The Metric System Too Hard To Implement for Constellation - NASA Watch 2009