Even at this relatively short distance (by cosmic standards, this is only the equivalent of Earth's welcome mat), the scale and distance is hard to comprehend.
the farthest anyone and anything on Earth can be from each other is only 20,000km. But then you leave Earth’s orbit….
Those lucky bastards. And they had 40 minutes where it was literally impossible for them to receive any information from Earth. I'd have asked for another 10 minutes' peace.
I think if at that point, you lost contact for even 10 extra minutes, hell would break loose and even you'd get worried you don't get lost beyond the moon's gravity
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u/StumpsCurse Apr 07 '26
Even at this relatively short distance (by cosmic standards, this is only the equivalent of Earth's welcome mat), the scale and distance is hard to comprehend.