We have broken the speed of light!

Kinja'd!!! "YSI-what can brown do for you" (ysi-what-can-brown-do-for-you)
05/14/2014 at 13:45 • Filed to: None

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Kinja'd!!! The Real Dacia Sandero > YSI-what can brown do for you
05/14/2014 at 13:48

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So that's where the band name 30 Seconds to Mars came from...


Kinja'd!!! CalzoneGolem > YSI-what can brown do for you
05/14/2014 at 13:49

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Kinja'd!!! YSI-what can brown do for you > The Real Dacia Sandero
05/14/2014 at 13:49

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They are taking their sweet time aren't they?


Kinja'd!!! YSI-what can brown do for you > YSI-what can brown do for you
05/14/2014 at 13:50

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Look at this guys face, he is just like "People are gonna eat this right up"


Kinja'd!!! The Real Dacia Sandero > YSI-what can brown do for you
05/14/2014 at 13:51

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In real math, you could make it to the sun from earth in under 30 seconds travelling at 18 times the speed of light*

*I suck at math, these numbers may be inaccurate...


Kinja'd!!! user314 > YSI-what can brown do for you
05/14/2014 at 13:53

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Meh, Felix Baumgartner did the same thing falling :

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Kinja'd!!! RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > YSI-what can brown do for you
05/14/2014 at 13:54

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This... is CNN.


Kinja'd!!! William Byrd > YSI-what can brown do for you
05/14/2014 at 13:54

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According to the age of this newcast, we broke it back on February 1, 2003.


Kinja'd!!! YSI-what can brown do for you > The Real Dacia Sandero
05/14/2014 at 13:56

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Sounds about right. 150 billion meters to the sun, so 3x10^8 m/s. So math means that it is about 8.5 minutes regularly. Divide that by 18 and you get 27.7 seconds!


Kinja'd!!! YSI-what can brown do for you > William Byrd
05/14/2014 at 13:57

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You would think NASA would be all over this.


Kinja'd!!! The Real Dacia Sandero > YSI-what can brown do for you
05/14/2014 at 14:53

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I'm not stupid after all!