A 1,100-pound piece of rocket debris plummeted to the Earth this week and smashed into a village in Kenya, officials in that country said on New Year's Day.A metallic ring measuring about 8 feet "fell from the skies" and landed in Mukuku Village in Makueni County on Monday, the Kenya Space Agency sa...
K-pound? Really?
What, you don’t use kilopounds?
The figure obviously started as 500kg, and then the Americans got to it.
Americans know what kilo means?!?!
Half a ton, if you really want to stick to imperial…
What next? Centigallons? Megafurlongs?
My car gets 30 rods to the hogshead and that’s the way I likes it!
K is common short hand for a thousand.
Is it 1000 or 1024 pounds?
1000
Depends on gravity
Yes, but generally with SI units (and bytes).
And currency, and people, and just things in general.
It goes by kip in more professional settings, but yes.
Yep. Lots of kip feet numbers in engineering. Moments are everywhere and they usually dominate.
Yeah, it’s really shitty writing by someone who probably got the job for favors.
Just say 1,000…
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