Falcon 9 to scale
Space rockets are Big.
Those quaint little pictures that show them next to Nelson's Column or the Eiffel Tower don't do them justice, partly because… well. I didn't even realise how big the Eiffel Tower is until I visited it a few years ago.
So, here's what the first stage of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket looks like, next to Nelson's Column. Take a close look at the bottom, both photos have people in them.
The image of Nelson's Column [linked here] is licensed as Creative Commons Share Alike, which requires that "If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original."
Fortunately, the image from SpaceX [link] was licensed as CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication, which doesn't interfere with my ability to release this as CC-SA-3.
Original post: https://kitsunesoftware.wordpress.com/2017/06/06/falcon-9-to-scale/
Original post timestamp: Tue, 06 Jun 2017 11:42:15 +0000
Categories: Science, Technology