The fact thread!

Discussion in 'Miscellaneous' started by Mrlegitislegit, May 21, 2012.

  1. Fact: mrlegitislegit is not legit
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  2. True, true, I had religion in mind for some reason I said theory. You're right.

    The fastest spacecraft to have been launched is the Helios 2, which set a record at 252,792 km/h, found this out the other day.

    My mistake, that's what I meant :p

    The only calculation I've ever seen (the Drake Equation by Carl Sagan, world famous scientist) said they're were 1-10. I know it is extremely unreliable due to too many variables and most of them theorized not necessarily factual, but I'd though I'd share.
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  3. If you are mad because I got my own thread cleaned up for useless stuff, thats cool.
  4. AND It was caused by England docking at Zanzibar without the Sultan's (I think) permission to watch a match of cricket.
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  5. Indeed it is. When I was looking it up, I initially thought that New Horizons was the fastest spacecraft, but I failed to notice the use of the term erroneous. It was in that same sentence that the Helios probes are mentioned as the fastest spacecraft ever launched.

    The reason I ignored Helios is because I saw a sentence a bit further down saying "This record is held by Voyager 1, currently travelling at 17.145 km/s (38,400 mph) relative to the Sun.". Once again, in my haste, I completely missed the part where that statement is referring to the fastest spacecraft to leave the Solar System.

    So, to clarify, Helios 2 is as you rightly say the fastest spacecraft ever launched, but remains in solar orbit. Voyager 1 is the fastest spacecraft which has left the Solar System. New Horizons was the spacecraft with the highest launch velocity.

    So if a Helios probe were sent to Proxima Centauri, it would take about 18,127 years.
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  6. Contrary to popular belief corn is a vegetable, not a starch. IMO the best vegetable.
  7. You think pandas are so great, watch this:
  8. It's funny because Helios 1 and 2 are some of the earliest spacecraft launched :p
  9. Fact: I hate censorship.
  10. *1-20.
  11. hmm... do you live in iowa or something?
  12. Hahaha no I live on the east coast, but most people where I live think corn is a starch. It is, but it is a vegetable that has starch in it.
  13. lol. yeah where i live (iowa) we either grow corn or we eat corn. i just eat it. i really could think that it would be a fruit for all i knew :p
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  14. This post exists.