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ninty · 07-04-2006, 02:24 PM

when the shuttle is in earth orbit it will be traveling at 17,000miles/hour.

that's only 4.7 miles per second whle the speed of light is around 186,000 miles/second, contrary to CNN stating that the space shuttle travels at 18X the spped of light.

4.7 miles/sec seems fast, but on an interstellar scale, this is painfully slow.

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ninty is Offline Major General Posts: 12,683 Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Calgary	07-04-2006, 02:24 PM when the shuttle is in earth orbit it will be traveling at 17,000miles/hour. that's only 4.7 miles per second whle the speed of light is around 186,000 miles/second, contrary to CNN stating that the space shuttle travels at 18X the spped of light. 4.7 miles/sec seems fast, but on an interstellar scale, this is painfully slow.