FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 天前SpaceX satellites half the size of pickup trucks are falling from the skythenarwhal.caexternal-linkmessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1273file-textcross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
arrow-up1273external-linkSpaceX satellites half the size of pickup trucks are falling from the skythenarwhal.caFoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 天前message-square62fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
minus-squareEm Adespoton@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·8 天前Half the size of a pickup truck… a Mazda compact, or a jacked up GMC Hemi half ton? Even just saying Ford F150 gives a lot of leeway.
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-27 天前They’re about the size of a large flat screen TV. I have no idea why they reached the pickup trucks, they might have the width but they’re only a couple of inches thick. A flat screen is a much better analogy.
Half the size of a pickup truck… a Mazda compact, or a jacked up GMC Hemi half ton?
Even just saying Ford F150 gives a lot of leeway.
OK what about a ford ranger then
They’re about the size of a large flat screen TV. I have no idea why they reached the pickup trucks, they might have the width but they’re only a couple of inches thick. A flat screen is a much better analogy.