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[deleted] t1_iuxymsr wrote

Reply to comment by OrePurifier in How many years by baconbitche

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baconbitche OP t1_iuxzhbw wrote

how long would it take to drive to the moon, driving 80 km/h, stopping at a red light 230 times with 1/3 of the duration of the red light being 30 sek, 1/3 40 sek, 1/6 22 sek, 1/6 10 sek)? I’m not good at math, but I feel like you are

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[deleted] t1_iuy2lky wrote

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baconbitche OP t1_iuy7erv wrote

In theory, lets make it a basic road, straight to the moon, nonstop besides the red lights, acceleration is 2.417 m/s², d =207.14 m, perfectly fine Ford GT, you can add the 40,000 km to the equation and the needed speed for that period of time it takes to escape earths gravity, red lights were put there by Neil Armstrong, the lights are evenly distributed throughout the way (you do the math), you are not to obey the driving laws so no to the yellow lights nor are you allowed to look at your phone

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[deleted] t1_iuyk1zn wrote

The deceleration thing doesn't really matter, because the 80 km/h is already an average speed so it's included. I also think it would be negligible.

Average:

3600 s/h • (384400 km / 80 km/h) + 230•(30 s +40 s +22 s+10 s ) = 15,683,460 s ≈ 4.356 h ≈ 182 days ≈ 0.5 years

384400 km is the average distance to the moon

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baconbitche OP t1_iuyk8h4 wrote

I’m loving this. Thank you.

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[deleted] t1_iuykcda wrote

There's actually a slight numerical error because I imputed 800 not 400 km, but I'll correct it. I might also do minimum and maximum distances.

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