Artemis 1 moon launch was as loud as 40 million bowls of Rice Krispies: study

Oct 22, 2019
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Great. A new "stupid measurement unit" to add to the list of existing ones (football fields, Olympic swimming pools, etc.)

What makes this even sillier is that nobody really has an idea of just what a million of something looks like and 40 million is just meaningless.
 
Dec 1, 2021
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Great. A new "stupid measurement unit" to add to the list of existing ones (football fields, Olympic swimming pools, etc.)

What makes this even sillier is that nobody really has an idea of just what a million of something looks like and 40 million is just meaningless.

We could pretend the SLS is made of bananas, and calculate the amount of radioactivity in it. Yes, bananas contain potassium, including radioactive potassium-40. :) :cool:
 

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