I'll be blunt: Using the term "maths" is an incredibly lazy, and grammatically improper shortening of the term Mathematics.

Except in Britain, where it's origens date to 1911, so no foul on those of you across the pond.

But it used to be I'd very rarely see it here on BAUT. Then it began creeping in, little by little, perhaps a few people who'd lived in the UK, then some who'd only visited it, or folks who were born in the UK but who resettled in the US.

Now don't get me wrong, it ain't like I got no sense of grammer, see? And caint I talk like I wanna? Ain't no thing wrong with that, nope.

Seriously, folks - don't get lazy. If you don't want to spell the word out, simply rephrase the sentance, or just use a different word: math.

1. I haven't yet learned the maths behind this.

2. I haven't yet learned the math behind this.

Simpler, predates the longer version by 64 years, and it even saves you a letter!

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If I set the budget, we'd have Ares and more. Unfortunately, I don't set the budget, and Ares is just too expensive and too far out for us to accomplish our goals within the budget we were given.

If we halt the ISS, all versions of Ares, and transport Orion and Altair aboard DIRECTv3's Jupiter family of Shuttle-Derived Launch Vehicles, we just might make it back to the Moon by 2020.