An open letter to British people.

[alexr_rwx]

People of the United Kingdom,

It's come to my attention that in aerospace engineering contexts, you may be using a different set of reference axes for discussing space. And I say unto you, verily -- right, up, and forward are positive. Please correct any practices you might be employing that describe "down" with positive numbers. To do otherwise would be unconscionable, especially in light of our shared cultural heritage with respect to such fundamental concepts as positivity.

Thanks in advance,

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-- alexr

Comments

Go-go Gadget Nerdiness!

[sault.livejournal.com]

Give 'em Hell. Or Hades. Or whatever.

[unitvector.livejournal.com]

I agree wholeheartedly.

you are building spaceship?

[cola-fan.livejournal.com]

How did this come up?

Good open letter.

[klausboy.livejournal.com]

hey dude, so do we. out the front of the plane (X), the right wing(Y), and down (Z) at least for flight dynamics purposes. Its for all these the eulerian angles and rotation and stuff