Comments on: October 31, 2023 Quick space links

By: Jeff Wright

Jeff Wright — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 09:01:40 +0000

Over at the RPF.com, there is talk that the wooden model 3-foot Enterprise has been found

By: David M. Cook

David M. Cook — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 02:47:58 +0000

If you‘re putting up 500 kg to low Earth orbit, you‘d better have at least 1 million Isaac Newtons beneath you!

By: Robert Zimmerman

Robert Zimmerman — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 02:33:02 +0000

In reply to Call Me Ishmael. Call Me Ishmael: Then the error is still mine. They capitalized the abreviation in the tweet. I will fix.

By: Call Me Ishmael

Call Me Ishmael — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 02:23:30 +0000

“1 mn is what was put in the tweet.”

Then either they really mean 1 millinewton or they messed it up.

(After googling). They definitely messed it up. The SI (i.e. metric standard) abbreviation for newton is “N”, not “n”. And “m” stands for “milli”, i.e. “one thousandth”, while M stands for “mega” i.e. “one million”.

By: Robert Zimmerman

Robert Zimmerman — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 23:48:34 +0000

In reply to Call Me Ishmael. Call Me Ishmael: 1 mn is what was put in the tweet. I decided not to guess what the abbreviation meant (as my ability in these things can be faulty) and just quote it as they wrote it.

By: Call Me Ishmael

Call Me Ishmael — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 23:45:12 +0000

“Yeah, my math-ignorant error. Fixed. Thank you.”

It’s still reading as ” 1 mn” for me.

By: Robert Zimmerman

Robert Zimmerman — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 23:43:34 +0000

In reply to David Eastman. David Eastman: Oy. You are right. Now fixed. Thank you.

By: David Eastman

David Eastman — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 23:37:53 +0000

FAA, not FCC

By: Robert Zimmerman

Robert Zimmerman — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 23:19:58 +0000

In reply to Stephen Fleming. Stephen Fleming: Yeah, my math-ignorant error. Fixed. Thank you.

By: Stephen Fleming

Stephen Fleming — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 23:06:46 +0000

I think that ought to be 1 meganewtons?