Conceptual Question

On 04/23/07 14:16, ArtP wrote:
> On 23 Apr 2007 13:02:04 -0700, Little Endian <girish.pai@>
> wrote:
>
>
>>If you can stay at the same point relative to space, then you would
>>probably be hundreds of thousands of miles away in 12 hrs because the
>>earth is also moving around the sun besides rotating.
>
> That assumes you did not pick a spot that was directly in the path of
> the earth, in which case what you would have is an immoveable object
> meeting an unstoppable one. Not a pretty sight.

Well, between the Earth and an air/space craft, one of them does not
really qualify as immovable/unstoppable, relatively speaking ;-)

On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 19:39:13 +0000, ArtP wrote:

> What you are really asking is if a plane could maintain a ground speed of
> 1060 miles an hour for 12 hours in a great arc would it travel halfway
> around the world. The answer is yes.

Not for my 182. But, if I take it further north that speed drops
considerably. Far enough, and I can push it at the necessary pace.

Of course, I'd probably need to wear a coat. Brr.

- Andrew

P.S. Isn't there a joke that uses this trick?

"Mark Hansen" <> wrote

> Well, between the Earth and an air/space craft, one of them does not
> really qualify as immovable/unstoppable, relatively speaking ;-)

The end result is a splat, no matter how you look at it! <g>

Mark, how about changing your newsgroup posting format to "plain" instead of
"html?"
--
Jim in NC

"Andrew Gideon" <ag7337@gideon.org> wrote in message
news:pan.2007.04.23.21.51.20.402496@gideon.org...
> On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 19:39:13 +0000, ArtP wrote:
>
>> What you are really asking is if a plane could maintain a ground speed of
>> 1060 miles an hour for 12 hours in a great arc would it travel halfway
>> around the world. The answer is yes.
>
> Not for my 182. But, if I take it further north that speed drops
> considerably. Far enough, and I can push it at the necessary pace.
>
> Of course, I'd probably need to wear a coat. Brr.
>
> - Andrew
>
> P.S. Isn't there a joke that uses this trick?
>

You're in a house where all of the windows face south.

A bear walks by one of the windows. What color is the bear?

I was surprised someone didn't throw a 24 hour Y2K party at the north pole
seven years ago.