▲ 148 ▼ A NASA ion engine while under test at the Glenn Research Center. It can propel spacecrafts to speeds of up to 320,000 km per hour (i.ibb.co) submitted 2 years ago by Blaze@reddthat.com to c/interestingasfuck@lemm.ee 17 comments fedilink hide all child comments Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEXT_(ion_thruster)
[+] LeftHandedWave@lemm.ee -6 points 2 years ago (3 children) 19883.8782 miles per hour for people in the USA. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Blade9732@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago I think you got the decimal wrong there. It should be 198,838 Miles per hour. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago Or 349,956 football fields if that helps. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Auzy@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago Fairly sure your decimal point is misplaced permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Blade9732@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago I think you got the decimal wrong there. It should be 198,838 Miles per hour. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago Or 349,956 football fields if that helps. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Auzy@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago Fairly sure your decimal point is misplaced permalink fedilink source parent
