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"The Huygens probe, about the size of a Volkswagen-Beetle, has been spinning silently toward Titan since it detached from the Cassini spacecraft on December 24. Cassini will remain in orbit around Saturn until at least July 2008."Kinda sorta on-topic...
Jan 14, 2005
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Yep, that's an established metric now, as in "a bomb the size of a VW Beetle", etc..
On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 07:50:37 -0600, "jjs" scribbled this interesting note:
That group of Japanese drummers that makes the rounds through the U.S. every now and again...well, they have a drum that is advertised as being about the size of a VW Beetle!:~)
-- John Willis (Remove the Primes before e-mailing me)
Shag wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:
It's air-cooled too, isn't it?
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