Fun Facts:The closest main star to our solar system is Alpha Centauri, which is 4.37 light years distant. This is approximately 25,687,000,000,000 (25 trillion, 687 billion) miles. With a vehicle traveling 60 miles per hour, it would take approximately 48,838,000 (48 million, 838 thousand) years to arrive. If the vehicle got 25 miles per gallon, the trip would consume about 1,028,000,000,000 (1 trillion, 28 billion) gallons of gasoline, which is slightly more than the total gasoline consumption of the U.S. in seven (7) years.
Years ago we wrote trivia puzzles for AOL. One of my favorites was to list as many “space-related” car names as you could. Celestial bodies or events and spacecraft, mainly, but hey, have fun with it. Should be able to get 10 easily, 20 if you’re good, and a few more if you’re a car junkie. Don’t limit yourself to US vehicles either.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 7 years ago
Easier to build over it. We might build a space bridge one day. Maybe.
Alabama Al over 7 years ago
Fun Facts:The closest main star to our solar system is Alpha Centauri, which is 4.37 light years distant. This is approximately 25,687,000,000,000 (25 trillion, 687 billion) miles. With a vehicle traveling 60 miles per hour, it would take approximately 48,838,000 (48 million, 838 thousand) years to arrive. If the vehicle got 25 miles per gallon, the trip would consume about 1,028,000,000,000 (1 trillion, 28 billion) gallons of gasoline, which is slightly more than the total gasoline consumption of the U.S. in seven (7) years.
Ida No over 7 years ago
How long would it take Sammy Hagar to get there?
Gent over 7 years ago
Ah, the thin and fragile atmosphere that we keep polluting incessantly…
Packratjohn Premium Member over 7 years ago
Years ago we wrote trivia puzzles for AOL. One of my favorites was to list as many “space-related” car names as you could. Celestial bodies or events and spacecraft, mainly, but hey, have fun with it. Should be able to get 10 easily, 20 if you’re good, and a few more if you’re a car junkie. Don’t limit yourself to US vehicles either.
PappyFiddle over 7 years ago
Actually, space is everywhere. The earth and its atmosphere are in space. Space is right here.
Packratjohn Premium Member over 7 years ago
PS: Don’t mean to start a comment storm, just make your list and see what you come up with.
HowardBrazee over 7 years ago
We used to have the phrase “Outer space”. Certainly “space” is everywhere (except for my closet). But some was inner and some was outer.
kaffekup over 7 years ago
Yay! I love Science Sundays on Brewster! I still learn a lot from them.