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Re:Orbcomm OG2 Falcon 9 Satellite Launch by caval on Monday July 14, 2014 @11:30AM (#8031369)
Watching the camera feed of the launch around the 5 minute mark all I could think was: if the rocket turned around now, it could probably land in New York in another 5 minutes
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Re:Orbcomm OG2 Falcon 9 Satellite Launch by jerf on Monday July 14, 2014 @01:40PM (#8032125)
On a ballistic trajectory, you can reach anywhere on Earth in 40 minutes or less. I've seen cute little diagrams of the relevant times before, but I wasn't able to quickly Google one up.
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Re:Orbcomm OG2 Falcon 9 Satellite Launch by mikeash on Monday July 14, 2014 @04:13PM (#8032942)
Everyone who grew up during the Cold War knows this instinctively!
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