Note to users. If you're seeing this message, it means that your browser cannot find this page's style/presentation instructions -- or possibly that you are using a browser that does not support current Web standards. Find out more about why this message is appearing, and what you can do to make your experience of our site the best it can be.

Science 21 April 2000:
Vol. 288. no. 5465, p. 415
DOI: 10.1126/science.288.5465.415c
Prev | Table of Contents | Next

ScienceScope

Complaining that NASA's approach to projects is "faster, cheaper, worse," Representative Vern Ehlers (R-MI) says he is drafting legislation requiring government contractors, scientists, and engineers to use exclusively metric measures. That's in response to the 1999 failure of the Mars Climate Orbiter due to a mix-up between English and metric units (Science, 7 April, p. 32). "He wants to send a clear message ... that we won't tolerate mistakes like this again," says an aide.

To Advertise     Find Products

Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)