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...in other words: fold a paper 42 times and you reach the moon.

• rajasharan 16y ago
  but you can't fold a paper more than 8 times
  • wglb 16y ago
    Not quite true: http://sichantalpo.wordpress.com/2007/02/19/folding-paper-in-half-12-times-the-impossible-challenge-solved/ http://sichantalpo.wordpress.com/2007/02/19/folding-paper-in...
• jameskilton 16y ago
  And only 8 more folds to reach the sun! http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=log2+%28+%28distance+to+sun%29+%2F+%28thickness+of+paper%29+%29 http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=log2+%28+%28distance+to... Ain't exponentiality awesome?
  • olalonde 16y ago
    And only 41.46 more folds to reach the size of the observable universe! :) http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=log2+%28+%28size+of+universe%29+%2F+%28thickness+of+paper%29+%29 http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=log2+%28+%28size+of+uni...
• theboos 16y ago
  ... requiring about 4 trillion sheets: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=distance+to+moon%2Fthickness+of+paper http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=distance+to+moon%2Fthic... ... or 2.586 trillion square feet of paper: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=distance+to+moon%2Fthickness+of+paper*area+of+letter+paper http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=distance+to+moon%2Fthic... ... with a minimum price of $16 billion dollars, not including shipping and handling into space: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=2+dollars+per+ream+*+1+sheet+*+distance+to+moon%2Fthickness+of+paper http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=2+dollars+per+ream+*+1+..., http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/382045718/bulk_paper.html http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/382045718/bulk_paper.html