why when the international space station is only 250miles away does it take at least 4 hours to get there?

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I’m going to be very disappointed if the rockets top out at 65mph.

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If youre watching a NASCAR race from the infield (the open grassy place in the middle of the racetrack where all the big RVs pand such park). The cars driving by are only a few hundred yards away from you. You could walk to the location they are in just a minute or so. But to “get to” them (i.e. to catch up to them so that you could “dock” with them or something) you not only need to get to the same location as them, but be going the same SPEED as them. So even though they are “close” to you, it takes awhile to catch up to them, even if youre driving a pretty fast car yourself.

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