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Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de to Anything But Metric@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish · 7 days ago

SpaceX satellites half the size of pickup trucks are falling from the sky | The Narwhal

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Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de to Anything But Metric@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish · 7 days ago
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As space junk accumulates, astronomer Sam Lawler explains why we should be concerned about the rapid proliferation of private satellites in low orbit
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    Pickups are both a unit of mass and a unit of length. “Weighing in at two pickups, this monster truck is able to jump five monster trucks in a single jump!”

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      Americans will do anything to avoid the metric system

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    Half the size of a current f-150 or half the size of an 89 ranger?

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      I thought it was one of those:

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