If I hurled an 1100-pound object indiscriminately into the air, the government would hunt me down and put me in jail for years.
But nothing will happen to the government or corporation responsible for this.
Is your government in Kenya?
K-pound? Really?
Half a ton, if you really want to stick to imperial…
What next? Centigallons? Megafurlongs?
K is common short hand for a thousand.
Yes, but generally with SI units (and bytes).
Yeah, it’s really shitty writing by someone who probably got the job for favors.
Just say 1,000…
kilopounds. really‽
Here in yankland we frequently use k as an abbreviation for thousand.
Aye, everyone does, not just you. But here in the other 97% of the entire fucking planet, nobody knows what a pound is
.45 kg, or since (I assume) you’re a Brit, 1/14th of a stone which I find is an even crazier unit of measurement.
A stone? wtf?
It’s a unit commonly used to measure weight in the UK and Ireland
Imperial units were really dreamt up by the consanguins. Goodness me. And somehow the US Americans just inherited the system.
as Kenya hunts for owner
I’m told God is unavailable.
It’s the Cowboy Bebop future. Earth will have so much shit orbiting it that debris strikes will become commonplace.
It’s called Kessler Syndrome.
Kenya has a Space Agency???
Look up pictures of Nairobi. They’re not exactly living in the stone age
Not living in the stone age is one thing, but investing billions of dollars and attracting literally the smartest workers on earth is another thing. Generally a country is very large or has a long history of heavy industry to have a space agency.
Kenya gained independence as a colony in 1963 and have been in political turmoil ever since.
