FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoSpaceX satellites half the size of pickup trucks are falling from the skythenarwhal.caexternal-linkmessage-square62linkfedilinkarrow-up1274arrow-down123file-text
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minus-squareEm Adespoton@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·4 days agoHalf 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-24 days agoThey’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.
minus-squarexylol@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoOK what about a ford ranger then
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.
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.
OK what about a ford ranger then