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To: Vendome
In space a radio wave travels the speed of light, 186,000 miles per sec.
So 3/4 of the way to the moon, the word you hear was created one second earlier.
4 posted on 06/22/2017 9:51:02 PM PDT by fedupjohn (The Alpha Male Chosen By The People to #MAGA....President Trump...)
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To: fedupjohn

Assuming that the speed of the space craft remains much less than the speed of light, the time within video will be stretched as distance from earth increases. So motion as viewed from the broadcast will be slowed.


13 posted on 06/22/2017 10:02:32 PM PDT by Swirl
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