Nearest Star to Earth?

Not being into astronomy or knowing anything about it except for Earth,
Moon, Sun and lots of 'twinkling lights', a work colleague came up with an
interesting question.

Whenever a Space Rocket is launched, do they have to avoid any stars and if
so how? Or is there nothing between Earth and the Moon therefore making it a
clear run for any Space Rocket. What distance is the Moon from the Earth,
and what distance is the nearest star to Earth?

Thanx
Jo

Someone needs to pickup a 4th grade school book. The nearest "Star" is our SUN,
out side our own solar system the nearest star is 4.8 light years away and a
single lightyear has around 6 billion miles in it.


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"Jo" wrote in message newsb5Zb.90$Qp3.11@newsfe1-win...
Not being into astronomy or knowing anything about it except for Earth,
Moon, Sun and lots of 'twinkling lights', a work colleague came up with an
interesting question.

Whenever a Space Rocket is launched, do they have to avoid any stars and if
so how? Or is there nothing between Earth and the Moon therefore making it a
clear run for any Space Rocket. What distance is the Moon from the Earth,
and what distance is the nearest star to Earth?

Thanx
Jo




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happily...

Whenever a Space Rocket is launched, do they have to avoid any stars and if
so how?

They launch during the day, all the stars are on the other side of the
earth then.

Or is there nothing between Earth and the Moon therefore making it a
clear run for any Space Rocket. What distance is the Moon from the Earth,
and what distance is the nearest star to Earth?

The moon is 127 miles away but since they don't want to use too much
petrol, they go up for 127 miles then wait until night so that the moon
comes around to meet up with the Space Rocket.
The nearest star is only 83 miles away so that's the one they need to
wait to get out of the way, the sun is 250 ,iles away so they can go
during the day.
Clear now?
--
Craig Oldfield

"Craig Oldfield" wrote in message
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happily...

Whenever a Space Rocket is launched, do they have to avoid any stars and
if
so how?

They launch during the day, all the stars are on the other side of the
earth then.

Or is there nothing between Earth and the Moon therefore making it a
clear run for any Space Rocket. What distance is the Moon from the
Earth,
and what distance is the nearest star to Earth?

The moon is 127 miles away but since they don't want to use too much
petrol, they go up for 127 miles then wait until night so that the moon
comes around to meet up with the Space Rocket.
The nearest star is only 83 miles away so that's the one they need to
wait to get out of the way, the sun is 250 ,iles away so they can go
during the day.
Clear now?

ROTFLMAO !!!
;-)))

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"Craig Oldfield" wrote in message
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In article Db5Zb.90$Qp3.11@newsfe1-win, burbled
happily...

Whenever a Space Rocket is launched, do they have to avoid any stars and
if
so how?

They launch during the day, all the stars are on the other side of the
earth then.

Or is there nothing between Earth and the Moon therefore making it a
clear run for any Space Rocket. What distance is the Moon from the
Earth,
and what distance is the nearest star to Earth?

The moon is 127 miles away but since they don't want to use too much
petrol, they go up for 127 miles then wait until night so that the moon
comes around to meet up with the Space Rocket.
The nearest star is only 83 miles away so that's the one they need to
wait to get out of the way, the sun is 250 ,iles away so they can go
during the day.
Clear now?
--
Craig Oldfield

Craig, your such a tease!!

David

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burbled happily...

The moon is 127 miles away but since they don't want to use too much
petrol, they go up for 127 miles then wait until night so that the moon
comes around to meet up with the Space Rocket.
The nearest star is only 83 miles away so that's the one they need to
wait to get out of the way, the sun is 250 ,iles away so they can go
during the day.
Clear now?
Craig, your such a tease!!

Damn. What gave it away?
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Craig Oldfield

"Craig Oldfield" wrote in message
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In article ,
burbled happily...

The moon is 127 miles away but since they don't want to use too much
petrol, they go up for 127 miles then wait until night so that the
moon
comes around to meet up with the Space Rocket.
The nearest star is only 83 miles away so that's the one they need to
wait to get out of the way, the sun is 250 ,iles away so they can go
during the day.
Clear now?
Craig, your such a tease!!

Damn. What gave it away?

The bit about petrol, everyone knows they use diesel.

David

Seems to me that if they made a hybrid it would cut the cost. They could
use regenerative air-braking to charge batteries.

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"Craig Oldfield" wrote in message
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burbled happily...

The moon is 127 miles away but since they don't want to use too much
petrol, they go up for 127 miles then wait until night so that the
moon
comes around to meet up with the Space Rocket.
The nearest star is only 83 miles away so that's the one they need
to
wait to get out of the way, the sun is 250 ,iles away so they can go
during the day.
Clear now?
Craig, your such a tease!!

Damn. What gave it away?

The bit about petrol, everyone knows they use diesel.

David

Sounds like the kind of answer I would give my kid. My wife hates it when I
do that.

"Craig Oldfield" wrote in message
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In article Db5Zb.90$Qp3.11@newsfe1-win, burbled
happily...

Whenever a Space Rocket is launched, do they have to avoid any stars and
if
so how?

They launch during the day, all the stars are on the other side of the
earth then.

Or is there nothing between Earth and the Moon therefore making it a
clear run for any Space Rocket. What distance is the Moon from the
Earth,
and what distance is the nearest star to Earth?

The moon is 127 miles away but since they don't want to use too much
petrol, they go up for 127 miles then wait until night so that the moon
comes around to meet up with the Space Rocket.
The nearest star is only 83 miles away so that's the one they need to
wait to get out of the way, the sun is 250 ,iles away so they can go
during the day.
Clear now?
--
Craig Oldfield

"Scott Schwartz" wrote:

Sounds like the kind of answer I would give my kid. My wife hates it when I
do that.

Take care - she's right. I always told my kids it went million,
billion, trillion, bobdillion, and they still haven't forgiven me.

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