That's an English billion (10^12), given that there are a million square metres ...

		femto on May 20, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Kosmos 482: questions around a failed 1972 Venera ... That's an English billion (10^12), given that there are a million square metres to the square km? Mind you, I wouldn't want to be standing within 18m of where it lands, so either definition of "billion" does make sense.

I think 100 can be unsafe. It'll go fast, it's heavy, and hard. Things will fly around.