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> four suitcase-sized satellites Americans will use anything else but the metric system :)
by FirmwareBurner 2y ago
> four suitcase-sized satellites
Americans will use anything else but the metric system :)
- schainks 2y agoHey! I know exactly how many Stanley cups fit in four suitcases, you don't have to tell me twice. </s>
- malfist 2y agoWait, is this carry on sized or checked size? Is it delta's size limits, or are we following united or American Airlines? Or heaven forbid, alligent?
- niwtsol 2y agoThe PUNCH mission features four 140-pound small satellites, each about 1-by-2-by-3 feet in size. Or The PUNCH mission features four 63.5 kg small satellites, each about 0.3048 m × 0.6096 m × 0.9144 m in size. https://blogs.nasa.gov/spherex/2025/03/04/nasas-spherex-punch-spacecraft-encapsulated-as-launch-nears/#:~:text=The%20SPHEREx%20observatory%20is%208.5,by%2D3%20feet%20in%20size. https://blogs.nasa.gov/spherex/2025/03/04/nasas-spherex-punc...
- Ao7bei3s 2y agoAbout 30x60x90cm in size.
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- lobsterthief 2y agoBelieve me, many of us wish we were on the metric system. I do a lot of large carpentry projects for fun and wood is produced in inch and foot dimensions—and the most common “beam”, a 2x4, is actually 1.5”x3.5”. You can buy “dimensional lumber” that’s actually 2”x4”, but that’s rare and expensive to find. So putting two 2x4s together doesn’t even make a 4x4 (you end up with 3”x3.5”; a 4x4 is 3.5”x3.5”). Anyways, as I’m doing calculations I’m measuring things like 5/8” or 9/16” and then adding or subtracting large fractions in my head. It’s absolutely stupid. Let alone converting between different units makes most people unable to imagine the relative size of things in distance, weight, or volume. I really believe the US education system would benefit if we switched to metric. It almost happened in the 1970s.