Re: xkcd: Human Altitude

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:

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

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

 
That height difference would be lost in the plot.
 
Lynn

 
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.

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