If you could drive a car straight up, how long would it take

>>8580938
the space station is about 50 miles high. driving at 60 miles per hour it would take about 2 hours

>>8580943
I thought it orbited at 249mi high.

>>8580950
it orbits like the earth orbits the sun so it's a little closer during winter

>>8580954
200mi difference is not "a little". Also, even if that was right, 50mi at 60mi/hr taking 2hrs? Are you high?

>>8580970
well maybe on a clock on earth but the time it takes would be different on the car. I was assuming the car to be the reference frame

>>8580973
I don't get it. Can you explain more?

It would be hard to drive straight up to it even in a magic no gravity car because it whips over the earth's surface at 17,000mph

>>8580983
yes. the velocity is 60 mph and the distance is 50 miles. so you have

50*60

now multiply it by 8 and subtract the speed of light (90 mph)

50*60*8 - 90 = 23190

now take the 16th root to get approximately

t = 1.877

which I rounded to 2

>>8581024
what if you start too early, and miss it?

>>8580938
Never.
At 60 mph, you wouldn't overcome gravity.

>>8580938
Wikipedia says the space station orbits earth between 205 and 270 miles.

setup a ratio like this
(60 miles)/(1 hour) = d/t
and rearrange to get
d(1 hour)/(60 miles) = t
where d is the distance and t is the time it takes.

plugging in the two distances above to get
205/60 hours <= t <= 270/60 hours

>>8581050
are you trolling? if you apply accelerate to 60 mph then apply a downward force that equals the force of gravity then you would keep going up at 60 mph. that's newton's first law.

>>8581063
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>>8580943
>>8580950

>>8580943
>about 2 hours

Space is always a lot closer than it seems.

>>8580943
>space station is about 50 miles high
Is this a YLYL thread?

>>8580938
You lack the math to plan an intercept, so you miss and begin your galactic journey. See you in space, cowboy.

>>8580938
>meme units