DAILY NO. 34 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS
The five space objects from the Size It Up puzzle on October 4, 2026, with the measured size of each, the reference it was compared against, a source you can check, and how the community's guesses landed. Want the surprise first? Replay this puzzle — archived days never touch your streak.
Answer: a Space Shuttle orbiter measures 37.3 m (length / span), which is 1.7× as big as the reference, a Brachiosaurus at 22 m.
The orbiter alone is about as long as a short-haul airliner — the launch stack was far taller.
Common miss: players tend to compress a Space Shuttle orbiter when it sits beside a Brachiosaurus — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Mars measures 6,779 km (length / span), which is 1.7× as big as the reference, Australia at 4,000 km.
Mars is a little over half Earth’s diameter.
Common miss: players tend to compress Mars when it sits beside Australia — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: the Perseverance rover measures 3 m (length / span), which is 1.3× as big as the reference, an adult horse at 2.4 m.
Perseverance is about the length of a small car.
Common miss: players tend to compress the Perseverance rover when it sits beside an adult horse — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Earth measures 12,742 km (length / span), which is 2.9× as big as the reference, Brazil at 4,320 km.
Earth is about 12,742 kilometres across.
Common miss: players tend to compress Earth when it sits beside Brazil — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: a Saturn V rocket measures 110.6 m (height), which is 1.2× as big as the reference, the Statue of Liberty at 93 m.
Saturn V stood taller than the Statue of Liberty without its pedestal.
Common miss: players tend to compress a Saturn V rocket when it sits beside the Statue of Liberty — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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