CRAMMEDNo. 032

How many golf balls fit inside a space shuttle payload bay?

Golf ball · 41 cm³ Space shuttle payload bay packing 0.64

The answer

4,600,000golf balls

Eighteen metres of cargo bay that carried telescopes and station pieces to orbit.

Crammed No. 32 ran on September 28, 2026. Source: the orbiter bay's published dimensions.
Answers are given to two significant figures.

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