Big Distance - Talk from Ignite Phoenix 3

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We humans have an issue with scale. Popular culture and even popular science has reinforced this bad behavior. My audience will walk away with a MUCH better understanding of how far away is far away, and how very small is the very small. Perspective. Whoa.

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humanity

93,000,000 miles

8 minutes

670,616,629 mph

170 years

Over 2 decades

~250,000 miles

3 days, 3 hrs 49 min

September 21, 2009

March 13, 2009

Traveling through hyperspace ain't like dusting crops, boy! Without precise calculations we could fly right through a star, or bounce too close to a supernova and that'd end your trip real quick, wouldn't it?

4.2 light years!

2.9M miles• 6 years by car• 226 days by plane

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