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 moves at a speed of roughly 7.7 km/s or 17’000 mph. It’s not getting up there that’s hard, it’s catching up to that speed.