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The polar station in Antartica is also quite inaccessible during winter. Winter-overs are proud of the fact that they are more remote than the ISS. There you ca
by petschge 7y ago
The polar station in Antartica is also quite inaccessible during winter. Winter-overs are proud of the fact that they are more remote than the ISS. There you can get in a Soyuz and be back in 90 minutes. In Antartica it might be a month before they can airdrop supplies, maybe four month until they can airlift you out.
- omoikane 7y agoSee also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Place_Further_than_the_Universe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Place_Further_than_the_Unive... It's a great series about exploring Antartica, where the title came from the fact that it takes longer to reach Antartica than to reach space.
- jandrese 7y agoIt makes sense. Antarctica is further away from almost every place on Earth than Space is. Sea level to space is closer than Manhattan to Trenton.
- thaumasiotes 7y ago> Sea level to space is closer than Manhattan to Trenton. "Closer" is a fuzzy concept. I've seen the same point made another way, that you can be closer to space than you are to the sea... even if you're in Japan, a long, narrow island. But then again, imagine if whenever you tried to drive to Trenton from Manhattan, a tornado picked up your car and threw it back to Manhattan.
- ThePadawan 7y agoOh my god, I just got that title. Thank you so much!