Universe Checks in, Wondering "How's that Spaceflight Program Going?"

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Universe Checks in, Wondering "How's that Spaceflight Program Going?"

Postby kham » Fri Aug 25, 2017 9:49 pm

Largest-ever asteroid is about to fly by Earth

September 1. 18 LDs away, so should be fine. At 4.6 km dia, it would do more than just muss our hair...
Not to worry, wont be back for 483 years
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Re: Universe Checks in, Wondering "How's that Spaceflight Program Going?"

Postby tanya_wam » Sat Aug 26, 2017 5:36 am

18 LDs?
Oh tosh! Tanya retorted, quicksand churning,
Round her knees, then thighs, then oh dear!
It got intimate with her hips and her panties,
And squished rather funnily up her rear!
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Re: Universe Checks in, Wondering "How's that Spaceflight Program Going?"

Postby jadokast98 » Sat Aug 26, 2017 8:28 am

LDs is Lunar Distance. Basically how far away the moon is away from us.
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Re: Universe Checks in, Wondering "How's that Spaceflight Program Going?"

Postby tanya_wam » Sat Aug 26, 2017 7:14 pm

jadokast98 wrote:LDs is Lunar Distance. Basically how far away the moon is away from us.


Oh thank you! I was scratching my head wondering what it meant! :oops:
Oh tosh! Tanya retorted, quicksand churning,
Round her knees, then thighs, then oh dear!
It got intimate with her hips and her panties,
And squished rather funnily up her rear!
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Re: Universe Checks in, Wondering "How's that Spaceflight Program Going?"

Postby kham » Sat Aug 26, 2017 9:03 pm

1 LD = about 400,000 km
When they start using fractions of LD, then it's serious :D It's also easier to express for some, 7.2 million km might not get noticed, or something. Heaven help them if they start using light-seconds for things :mrgreen:
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