A question... How to write NASA?

[ace5]

People outside the US often write Nasa;<br />For me it´s a shame. NASA is an acronym. It must be written in caps lock. What do the americans think? Am I right?

 

[shuttle_rtf]

Well spotted, Ace.<br /><br />Annoys a lot of us...so much so one of our users wrote to the BBC and got this back:<br /><br />"The BBC's policy is to write acronyms in lower case letters - hence Nasa, Nato etc. Acronyms which cannot be pronounced as words (orinitialisms are they're sometimes called) - CIA, FBI, RAF etc - are spelled with capitals. It may not be something that everyone agrees with, but at least someone here has put some thought into coming up with a decision. In fact in the UK, other respected media such as the Times and Telegraph newspapers follow the same format. Best wishes, Ian Jolly NewsWatch"<br /><br />I'm British and a journalist and there's no way in hell that I'll write Nasa.

 

[propforce]

So... Chris, I have a question for you <img src="/images/icons/rolleyes.gif" /><br /><br />What is the acronymn for a <font color="yellow">S</font>personic <font color="yellow">H</font>drogen <font color="yellow">I</font>jection <font color="yellow">T</font>chnique?<br /><br />How would the Brits spell it? <img src="/images/icons/cool.gif" /> Lower case, pherhaps? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[grooble]

Supersonic hydrogeN Injection Technique:<br /><br />SNIT <br /><br /><img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" />

 

[shuttle_rtf]

>So... Chris, I have a question for you<br /><br />What is the acronymn for a Supersonic Hydrogen Injection Technique?<br /><br />How would the Brits spell it? Lower case, pherhaps? <<br /><br />Depends really.<br /><br />Is that the same thing you can find somewhere in the:<br /><br />Aerodynamic Recalibration Sequencer Equipment?<br /><br /><img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" />

 

[qso1]

How bout Special High Intensity Training! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><strong>My borrowed quote for the time being:</strong></p><p><em>There are three kinds of people in life. Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen...and those who do not know what happened.</em></p> </div>

 

[shuttle_rtf]

>How bout Special High Intensity Training!<<br /><br />Ah, so you must be the resident comedian on here <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" />

 

[blacknebula]

I visited Johnson Space Center once and was probably the only one who got a kick out of the Advanced Space Suit (no pun intended). You have to wonder if NASA employs someone to make up all the acronyms these use.<br /><br />On a side note, I did not know that NASA refered to the Commander as the C-D-R or the pilot as the P-L-T until reading Riding Rockets (highly recommended reading).

 

[askold]

"Acronyms which cannot be pronounced as words (orinitialisms are they're sometimes called) - CIA, FBI, RAF etc "<br /><br />You can pronounce FBI - or, at least the people that work there: they're Feebs.