DAILY NO. 45 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS
Today's five space Size It Up comparisons with the measured size of each object, its reference and a source you can check. The puzzle is still live, so every answer stays hidden until you tap it. Haven't played yet? Play today's puzzle first.
The November 5, 2026 puzzle ran from the Perseverance rover at 3 m to the Moon at 3,474.8 km — 6 orders of magnitude apart, drawing on space. The pair furthest apart was round 3: a Space Shuttle orbiter is about 1.9× smaller than a Boeing 747.
Answer: Saturn V Rocket — 110.6 m. 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.
Answer: Perseverance Rover — 3 m. The Perseverance rover measures 3 m (length / span), which is 1.4× as big as the reference, a three-seat sofa at 2.2 m.
Perseverance is about the length of a small car.
Common miss: players tend to compress the Perseverance rover when it sits beside a three-seat sofa — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Space Shuttle Orbiter — 37.3 m. A Space Shuttle orbiter measures 37.3 m (length / span), which is about 1.9× smaller than the reference, a Boeing 747 at 70.7 m.
The orbiter alone is about as long as a short-haul airliner — the launch stack was far taller.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a Space Shuttle orbiter when it sits beside a Boeing 747 — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: The Moon — 3,474.8 km. The Moon measures 3,474.8 km (length / span), which is about 1.2× smaller than the reference, Australia at 4,000 km.
The Moon’s mean diameter is about 3,475 kilometres.
Common miss: players tend to inflate the Moon when it sits beside Australia — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Apollo Lunar Module — 6.9 m. The Apollo Lunar Module measures 6.9 m (height), which is 1.3× as big as the reference, an adult giraffe at 5.2 m.
It stood about as tall as a two-storey house, and only the top half ever came back.
Common miss: players tend to compress the Apollo Lunar Module when it sits beside an adult giraffe — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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