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Old Fri Jan 09, 2004, 11:54pm
Mark Dexter Mark Dexter is offline
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Where is everyone getting 186 000 m/s? The speed of light in a vacuum is just slightly under 3 x 10^8 m/s.
186,000 miles per second, vs. 3 x 10^8 meters per second, maybe?
Hey Mark, you didn't work on the Hubble, did ya?

Actually, that was the Pathfinder mission to Mars. Dynes + Newtons = big mess!


Don't tell Padgett this, but apparently the past 2 1/2 years of collegiate level science classes have metrified me.
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