DAILY NO. 49 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS
The November 9, 2026 puzzle ran from the Apollo Lunar Module at 6.9 m to Earth at 12,742 km — 6 orders of magnitude apart, drawing on space. The pair furthest apart was round 4: the Apollo Lunar Module is 3.4× as big as a US interior door.
Puzzle #49 asked about the International Space Station, Mars, a Saturn V rocket, the Apollo Lunar Module and Earth. Each answer below gives the measured size, the reference it stood beside and the source behind the number. Want the surprise first? Replay this puzzle — archived days never touch your streak.
Answer: International Space Station — 109 m. The International Space Station measures 109 m (length / span), which is 1.5× as big as the reference, a Boeing 747 at 70.7 m.
The ISS spans roughly 109 metres across its solar arrays.
Common miss: players tend to compress the International Space Station when it sits beside a Boeing 747 — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Mars — 6,779 km. Mars measures 6,779 km (length / span), which is 1.5× as big as the reference, the contiguous United States at 4,500 km.
Mars is a little over half Earth’s diameter.
Common miss: players tend to compress Mars when it sits beside the contiguous United States — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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: Apollo Lunar Module — 6.9 m. The Apollo Lunar Module measures 6.9 m (height), which is 3.4× as big as the reference, a US interior door at 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 a US interior door — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Earth — 12,742 km. 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.
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