What a Massive New 728-Foot-Wide Crater Means for Future Moon Bases

Re:What a Massive New 728-Foot-Wide Crater Means for Future ... by mkl on Wednesday September 30, 2026 @10:01PM (#49916785)

> previously unseen lunar crater that’s a whopping 728 feet across, more than twice the length of an American football field.

For the rest of the world, it's about 222m.

> objects the size of monster truck tires

FFS, just use metric! Apparently that's about 1.7m.

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Re:What a Massive New 728-Foot-Wide Crater Means for Future ... by lubujackson on Wednesday September 30, 2026 @10:40PM (#49917065)

But how many Chevy Tahoes across is it? How many cases of Budweiser high? Speak to me in units I can understand, dammit!

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Re:What a Massive New 728-Foot-Wide Crater Means for Future ... by shermantanktop on Wednesday September 30, 2026 @11:07PM (#49917250)

We can always translate to baguettes, Fiat 500s, and Oktoberfest steins for our European friends.

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Re:What a Massive New 728-Foot-Wide Crater Means for Future ... by nonethewiser on Wednesday September 30, 2026 @11:25PM (#49917363)

1,510 standard SIG Sauer P365's

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