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Posted by Nick Cramer on December 6, 2007, 11:35 pm
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david.williams@bayman.org (David Williams) wrote:
> -> >Team members are pulling out all the stops to get
> -> >Spirit to a winter location where, based on solar power projections,
> -> >therover has a chance at survival.
> -> >
> -> >As the crow flies, that spot is 240.5 meters (130.8 feet) away.
>
> -> I wonder which is correct? On the one hand I'd guess 130.8 feet, as
> -> 240.5 metres makes Home Plate seem a lot larger than I previously
> -> thought it was; but on the other hand don't the teams work in metres,
> -> and then the PR guys convert?
>
> Whoever is converting is obviously making a complete shambles of it. I
> can't find any plausible typoes or other simple errors that would
> account for this discrepancy.
>
> Clever crow. Flies with no air.
Based on 39.37 inches per metre, it's off by a factor of 6. Hmmmm!
240.5 metres = 789 feet
130.8 feet = 39.6 metres
Martian crows fly on dust!
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