The sun is roughly 93,000,000 miles away. It’s hard to grasp how far that really is.
A million seconds is about two weeks. So if you flew at a mile a second, it would take about 93 million seconds or 47 weeks to get to the sun, i.e. about 11 months.
If you flew at mile a minute (60 mph) it would take about 55 years. And no pit stops! Amazing, n’est-ce pas?
Sunday, 23 November 2008 at 22:38
How long would it take if I flew 93,0000,000 miles a second? Keep relativity in mind.