Re: [TML] Tech Question for the Hive Mind
shadow@xxxxxx 02 Mar 2018 03:55 UTC
On 27 Feb 2018 at 18:49, Richard Aiken wrote:
>
> On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 5:03 AM, Rupert Boleyn
> <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
> Umm. At 62 mph (which in some editions of Traveller is much lower
> than the maximum speed) it's only 2-3 hours to LEO.
>
> Google tells me that LEO is 1,200 miles up. 1,200 miles divided by 62
> mph = 19.354 hours.
Google is misleading you. LEO *starts* at 100-200 miles. Check what
altitude the ISS orbits at.
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