To: Windflier; NormsRevenge
craft now at 2000 meters per sec (mps). How much is that in American?
It's American physics lingo, too.
75 posted on
11/26/2018 2:50:18 PM PST by
Right Wing Assault
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To: Right Wing Assault
It's American physics lingo, too. True, but most Americans sort of glaze over when scientists and reporters start talking in metric to lay audiences.
The better scientists and writers are aware of that language divide, and use standard measurement terms when speaking to non scientists.
76 posted on
11/26/2018 2:56:13 PM PST by
Windflier
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To: Right Wing Assault
About 1.3 miles per second, = fast.
Not as fast as our Earth is traveling in its journey around the Sun. That would be almost 19 miles per second.
79 posted on
11/26/2018 3:12:03 PM PST by
BatGuano
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