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Graphene at 20: still no sign of the promised space elevator, but here’s how this wonder material is quietly changing the world (theconversation.com)
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[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The fastest a person has ever gone is mach 6.7 or 2.02km/s.

Astronauts on the ISS are currently zipping along at at 7.67 km/s just fine. The issue is acceleration, not speed. Tethers rotate fairly slowly, so the acceleration should be less than that of a rocket launch.

[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Astronauts on the ISS are currently zipping along at at 7.67 km/s just fine.

And we've all been zipping around the sun at 29.78 km/s since each of our inceptions.

[–] Cypher@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

Our Sun moves around the centre of the Milky Way at a speed of 240 km/s or 864,000 km/h, so do we plus or minus ~30km/s!