AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoThe fastest bicycle in history is the stationary bike on the ISS.message-squaremessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1208arrow-down111
arrow-up1197arrow-down1message-squareThe fastest bicycle in history is the stationary bike on the ISS.AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squareDannyBoy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39arrow-down1·3 months agoA bike on the ISS might be doing 27,600 km/h relative to Earth but the bikes on Earth are travelling at 107,000 km/h relative to the Sun. It’s all about perspective.
minus-squareJPAKx4@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up23·3 months agoBut is there a time that the ISS is moving in the same direction as the earth for <=134,600 km/h?
minus-squareDannyBoy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·3 months agoThat is a situation I had not considered.
A bike on the ISS might be doing 27,600 km/h relative to Earth but the bikes on Earth are travelling at 107,000 km/h relative to the Sun. It’s all about perspective.
But is there a time that the ISS is moving in the same direction as the earth for <=134,600 km/h?
That is a situation I had not considered.