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This is awesome. A great compliment to the work SpaceX is doing. To put it in perspective this rocket went about 100x as high as an average international airl
by jcoffland 11y ago
This is awesome. A great compliment to the work SpaceX is doing. To put it in perspective this rocket went about 100x as high as an average international airline flight but would still need to go about 4000x as far to reach the moon. Not sure about the 3 mile per hour impact with the ground on my way home from work. I suppose with a nice soft seat it would be fine but by the time United Airlines gets done with it you'll be packed in like an NYC cross town bus with a seat just as hard.
edit: got my facts straight
- CamperBob2 11y agoThe moon is about 4000 times farther than the Kármán line, and you need to reach escape velocity to get there.
- jcoffland 11y agoRight, corrected.
- jacquesm 11y ago> edit: got my facts straight Well, not quite because > To put it in perspective this rocket went about 100x as high as an average international airline flight but would still need to go about 4000x as far to reach the moon. The height at which airliners fly is about 10 km, and 100 km is only 10 times as high.