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

Question

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

In: Planetary Science

Answer 1

The iss isn’t 250 miles away. It is orbiting at a distance of 250 miles. Orbiting really just means it’s falling past the ground so fast that it constantly misses it

I imagine the problem in getting to the ISS is to get a rocket/ship from stationary in earth’s surface to moving fast enough and close enough to the ISS to arrive at it.