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A Cosmic Thought

Discussion in 'Whatnots' started by Aldeth the Foppish Idiot, Feb 7, 2008.

  1. Aldeth the Foppish Idiot

    Aldeth the Foppish Idiot Armed with My Mallet O' Thinking Veteran

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    From Gregg Easterbrook of the column Tuesday Morning Quarterback (whose weekly column deals with far more than just football):

    It's things like this that make you realize just how big things are in terms of space. 800 years to get to the next closest star with something travelling at 0.5% the speed of light...
     
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  2. Decados

    Decados The Chosen One

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    Aye, very true. The distances involved in interstellar travel are almost inconcievably vast.

    Interesting spot of knowledge though.
     
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  3. revmaf

    revmaf Older, not wiser, but a lot more fun

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    What an interesting quote. Yeah, it's a long way from nowhere here on planet Earth.
     
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    If the earth were the size of your standard globe, the Moon would be something like 40 feet away and Pluto over 100 miles away.
     
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  5. Proteus_za

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    Mr Data, set speed to Warp 9. Engage.

    I wish.
     
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    Aye. These kinds of things always remind me I'll never be here long enough to fly a modified YT-1300. :aww: :tie:
     
    Trellheim, Feb 7, 2008
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