Weird Fact: You Could Drive to Space in One Hour

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More accurately, you could be there in 62 minutes, so plan ahead for your dinner reservations on the Moon. Of course, you couldn't do this normally, but if it were possible to get in your car, start it up, and drive straight upward toward space itself, and stay at exactly 60 miles per hour, you would arrive in suborbital space in about 62 minutes. Why? The shortest distance between the ground ... ...more

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