A Very Appropriate Quote

[Bob Schroeck]

I don't know why people think space is so far away. It's only a half hour drive, if your car could go up. -- Unknown
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[Cobalt Greywalker]

On an Auto-Bahn maybe. Otherwise it's about an hour (given my sketchy knowledge of legal main road speeds around the world) given the distance.

[Black Aeronaut]

How fast would you have to be going to make it out of the atmosphere in ten minutes?

[Cobalt Greywalker]

Quoting from the concordance for DWV: Chapter Four:

I'd made it to hard vacuum in less than 50 seconds.
The Karman Line, considered to be the boundary beyond which is officially "outer space," is 100 kilometers or approximately 58 miles up. At Mach 6 (about 4566 miles per hour and Doug's top atmospheric speed using "I Am A Pioneer", as seen in Chapter Six of DW2), Doug can reach the Karman Line in a hair under 46 seconds.

As such, 58mph times 6 (6 times 10 mins equals 60 mins or 1 hour) equals 348mph.

The atmosphere however extends beyond that to a theoretical 10,000 km or roughly 6214 miles, so 37,284mph

[Black Aeronaut]

348mph? PSSHH! In that case, Bullet Boy Express can punch it in less than five minutes. Acceleration Drive boosters FTW. Thank you Turbonique for making Micro-Turbo Thrusters for Fenspace!Ben to 'wave-job.

[Norgarth]

here's a quote I think Blackaeronaut will like:

"If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough" - Mario Andretti
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"I've always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific." - George Carlin

[ECSNorway]

"Happiness is the planet Earth in your rear-view mirror."

"The meek will inherit the Earth. The rest of us have bigger plans."

"There is no personal problem that cannot be solved through the appropriate application of high explosives."

"Will all the telekinetics in the room please raise my hand."
--
Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.

[Ebony]

"No matter where you go, there you are." - You Know Who

"Our Lady of Blessed Acceleration, don't fail us now!" - Elwood Blues

"Atomic batteries to power. Turbines to speed." - Robin
Ebony the Black Dragon
http://ebony14.livejournal.com

"Good night, and may the Good Lord take a Viking to you."

[robkelk]

"Atomic batteries to power. Turbines to speed." - Robin

More appropriate than you might know, considering a scene in LoGG chapter 3. (Bob might remember the scene, but I e-mailed it to him over a year ago.)

Yes, I'm working on it...
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012