His math is off. Number of people (assuming 8 billion to keep it simple) times 6 feet per person divided by 2580 feet per mile gives us the length of the line, about 18,604,651 miles. The moon is about 250,000 miles away, so there and back is about 500,000 miles. Divide that into the length of our people line gives us about 37 times. And, yes, I am a math teacher…
His math is off. Number of people (assuming 8 billion to keep it simple) times 6 feet per person divided by 2580 feet per mile gives us the length of the line, about 18,604,651 miles. The moon is about 250,000 miles away, so there and back is about 500,000 miles. Divide that into the length of our people line gives us about 37 times. And, yes, I am a math teacher…