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I think you dropped a thousands somewhere.. 127.8M miles/4,881hrs = 26,000 mph.[1] But in reality, it obviously didn't fly in a straight line, Looks like it tr
by mikeyouse 6y ago
I think you dropped a thousands somewhere.. 127.8M miles/4,881hrs = 26,000 mph.[1]
But in reality, it obviously didn't fly in a straight line, Looks like it traveled closer to 292 million miles[2], so more like 60,000 mph.[3]
[1] - https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=127800000+miles%2F4881hrs https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=127800000+miles%2F4881...
[2] - https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/timeline/cruise/ https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/timeline/cruise/
[3] - https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=292526838+miles%2F4881hrs https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=292526838+miles%2F4881...
- pupdogg 6y agoYou are correct, I did. Thank you. That's just amazing!