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David Bowie's astronaught was past 100,000 miles. How far was he?
In David Bowie's space oddity song, the astronaught said he was past 100 thousand miles before he lost contact. How far would he be compared to the orbits of our planets?
5 Answers
- Kyle MLv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
the moon is 238,857 miles away
at its closest mars is 35,462,392 miles away
the distance to the sun is 92,955,887 miles
so Major Tom, the astronaut, is less than half way to the moon.
(that is one of my favorite songs for no good reason than i like it)
- 7 years ago
The lyrics go:
"Though I'm past
one hundred thousand miles
I'm feeling very still"
I believe what he is saying is that even though he is going thousands of miles per hour, he feels very calm and he doesn't feel like he's moving much at all; probably because of the low gravity.
- Innocent VictimLv 71 decade ago
That's not very far at all, only about two-fifths of the way to the moon.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
the moon is 200,000 miles away
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