US metric study mission to the United Kingdom and the Federal Republic of Germany: Report of the NASA representative (Executive Summary)
Abstract
The trip report is given of the NASA representative of the U.S. metric study mission to the United Kingdom and the Federal Republic of Germany. The mission was organized and conducted under the aegis of the American National Metric Council to learn at first hand the progress of metrication in the United Kingdom and the progress of metrication in the aerospace industry in both the United Kingdom and the Federal Republic of Germany. Representatives of the mission included a cross section of government, industry, labor, and other segments of the private sector. After general and special meetings in the United Kingdom, U.S. members with aerospace related interests met with aerospace representatives in the Federal Republic of Germany.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- October 1976
- Bibcode:
- 1976STIN...7715217V
- Keywords:
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- Conferences;
- International System Of Units;
- United Kingdom;
- Units Of Measurement;
- West Germany;
- Aerospace Engineering;
- Industries;
- Metrology;
- Standardization;
- Engineering (General)