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Re:Private company landing on the moon today by psd1 on Thursday February 22, 2024 @01:07PM (#39470816)
Reassuringly anachronistic to use acres as a unit of measure on the moon.
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Re:Private company landing on the moon today by p1mrx on Thursday February 22, 2024 @02:14PM (#39471650)
For historical reasons, a moon acre is approximately 16.7% smaller than an earth acre.
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Re:Private company landing on the moon today by samatman on Thursday February 22, 2024 @04:52PM (#39473806)
It's an official unit of the only flag on the Moon to date. What else would you suggest?
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Re:Private company landing on the moon today by ceejayoz on Thursday February 22, 2024 @05:50PM (#39474433)
It’s not the only flag.

https://web.archive.org/web/20220725003858/https://www.space...

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Re:Private company landing on the moon today by p1mrx on Thursday February 22, 2024 @10:00PM (#39476443)
m²
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Re:Private company landing on the moon today by lunakid on Friday February 23, 2024 @04:54AM (#39478803)
Maybe the same units basically everybody has always ever used (in earnest) for space tech (including NASA)?
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