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Old 09-22-2012, 11:03 AM   #11
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Originally Posted by evman150 View Post
An article which uses Jupiter as a comparison for something with "thousands of (sic) pounds of mass".

That's like comparing the size of Vancouver Island to the Milky Way Galaxy.
I may be reading it incorrectly, but I don't think they are saying that Jupiter compares to a thousands of pounds. They are saying that they can accomplish the task with a few thousands pounds .... not the mass of Jupiter, which they initially determined.
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