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Interstellar distances
Posted by 'JonWright' on 29 Jun 2011 @ 08:17

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.....'aim for the moon and if you come up short your still amongst the stars'

It sounds nice but its not true...
The moon is about 240 thousand miles away
Nearest star (our sun) is about 93 million miles away (390 times further than the moon)
Next nearest after that is Proxima Centauri at
very roughly 140 thousand million miles away (6 million times further than the moon).
So, if you aim for the moon, and come up short you are much more likely to eventually come crashing down to Earth again... How strangely true, but that should not stop anyone from trying !
...BTW I know nothing about Astronomy, though I did read some Douglas Adams books... "Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space".

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Interstellar distances by 'JonWright' << You are here!

Re: Interstellar distances by 'PaulMRotax' (29 Jun 2011 @ 8:30)

Re: Interstellar distances by 'JonWright' (29 Jun 2011 @ 8:43)

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Re: Some tips on improving your chances by 'Moonshine' (29 Jun 2011 @ 10:49)

Re: Some tips on improving your chances by 'Aquila' (29 Jun 2011 @ 11:06)

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Re: Some tips on improving your chances/First bid! by 'Josh77' (29 Jun 2011 @ 22:52)

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Nah, Danlee..... by 'Newshound' (30 Jun 2011 @ 14:30)

Seriously though.... by 'Newshound' (30 Jun 2011 @ 14:47)

READ all about it...... by 'PaulMRotax' (30 Jun 2011 @ 17:39)

Re: READ all about it...... by 'jackhjharding' (04 Jul 2011 @ 9:10)

Look.....I gave the guy the truth......... by 'QuickOldTimer' (30 Jun 2011 @ 21:15)

Re: Look.....I gave the guy the truth......... by 'Adstomko' (30 Jun 2011 @ 22:10)

Re: Some tips on improving your chances by 'DavyBoy' (01 Jul 2011 @ 14:28)

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