Buster fin said...
That mph was bollocks. Altitude, I can believe.
You mean mph was bollocks as in, 'wow that's mental' or 'nah that's BS'?...I say this because it's pretty damn accurate. You do realise that in order to orbit the earth it has to travel at about 18,000mph yeah?...Not to mention the fact that it has near as makes to difference to 8 million pounds of thrust.
Do the sums yourself if you want at around 120 seconds. Note dS/dt will be in ft/sec
spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov/weekly/5Page40.pdf
