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Chad :mstdn:

@chad@mstdn.ca · yesterday

430,000 miles per hour is ~192 km/sec. That’s Edmonton to Calgary in ~1.7 seconds.

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Makes 27th Swing Around the Sun | NASA JPL

#space #sun #ParkerSolarProbe

https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/parker-solar-probe/2026/03/16/nasas-parker-solar-probe-makes-27th-swing-around-the-sun/

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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Makes 27th Swing Around the Sun

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe completed its 27th close approach to the Sun on March 11, again matching its record distance of 3.8 million miles (6.2 million kilometers) from the solar surface.

Johanna, CanCon variety

@johannab@cosocial.ca replied · yesterday

@chad all that would arrive in Calgary at that speed would be a splash of previously-Chad soup, I do not recommend such conveyance for inter-city travel.

High speed rail is still worth lobbying for.

Chad :mstdn:

@chad@mstdn.ca replied · yesterday

@johannab ha - I laughed. 😆

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