Re: xkcd: Human Altitude

On 1/23/2025 12:57 AM, Robert Woodward wrote:

In article <vmsj0h$1g5h6$1@dont-email.me>,
  Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
 

On 2025-01-22 20:53:09 +0000, Lynn McGuire said:

On 1/21/2025 8:40 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote:

Lynn McGuire  <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

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Note that the chart does not require reaching Mars, just reaching new
altitudes.

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Yes: you could send a basketball player to the moon for instance.
--scott

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That height difference would be lost in the plot.
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Lynn

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It would also only work if the basketball played stood on the far side
of the Moon, which nobody has done yet.

 It would have to be at the Moon's apogee, because the eccentricity of
the Moon's orbit far surpasses its diameter.
 

That's an interesting point.
The 'highest' altitude wouldn't be someone standing on the Moon's far
side.
It would be one the Apollo capsule commanders, who remained in the
ship while the other two landed.
Which was the furthest from Earth would require checking the orbital
distance on the dates they were in orbit.
pt