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Yeah, even though it's a time lapse, it conveys pretty well the fact that the ISS is going 5. miles. every. second. If I left my home right now at that speed f
by ridgeguy 8y ago
Yeah, even though it's a time lapse, it conveys pretty well the fact that the ISS is going 5. miles. every. second.
If I left my home right now at that speed for San Francisco (~36 miles), I'd be ready to park in ~ 7 seconds.
Most of the universe operates at velocities and under conditions we can barely imagine.
- yetihehe 8y agoRelevant xkcd, https://what-if.xkcd.com/58/ https://what-if.xkcd.com/58/ > Let's imagine what it would look like if you were speed-walking across the Earth's surface at 8 km/s. > To get a better sense of the pace at which you're traveling, let's use the beat of a song to mark the passage of time.[9] suppose you started playing the 1988 song by The Proclaimers, I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles). That song is about 131.9 beats per minute, so imagine that with every beat of the song, you move forward more than two miles. > In the time it took to sing the first line of the chorus, you could walk from the Statue of Liberty all the way to the Bronx.