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August 10, 2005
4.7 mps
I was glad to hear that the space shuttle Discovery had landed safely yesterday. I as in the vicinity when both the Columbia (living in Dallas) and the Challenger (Tampa/6th grade) tragedies occurred so it is always a good feeling when another mission ends safely. One interesting note about the shuttle... apparently the shuttle re-enters the atmosphere at 17000 miles per hour. While that sounds fast, it sounds a little faster when converted to miles per second which would be around 4.7. Compared to the speed of light (~186000 mps) that is dog slow, but compared to a fast human running (~.004 mps if you run a 4 minute mile) it is fairly snappy. Perspective is everything.
Posted by harris at August 10, 2005 10:33 PM
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I really love this blog, it reminds me of a log I had recently....chaulked full of juicies on every hand.
Posted by: T at August 11, 2005 11:43 AM