Fwd: Re: [ATM] Re: Second Thoughts on Mirror Support

[mlbrown at everstrive.com (Matthew L. Brown)]

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>Also, don't forget to convert that 2/3 pound mass into pound force 
>units.  (Multiply by acceleration due to gravity, but in what units? That 
>is why I usuallly end up converting to metric.


Nope, 1 pound mass weighs (that is, exerts a force) of 1 pound force on 
Earth.  So you are good there.
And just the thought of mass in units of slugs sends me scurrying to metric.

=Matt