Butch Wilmore
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Astronaut Butch Wilmore Needs Brain Scans of Uncle Si After This
There we go.
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Astronaut Butch Wilmore Needs Brain Scans of Uncle Si After This
Truth be told, that's not exactly how it goes, but okay, we'll go with that.
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Astronaut Butch Wilmore Needs Brain Scans of Uncle Si After This
Yes, sir.
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Astronaut Butch Wilmore Needs Brain Scans of Uncle Si After This
Okay.
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Astronaut Butch Wilmore Needs Brain Scans of Uncle Si After This
Oh, it goes faster than about anything goes.
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Astronaut Butch Wilmore Needs Brain Scans of Uncle Si After This
When you're coming back to Earth, I mean, you're traveling, like I said, 25,000 miles an hour, roughly.
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Astronaut Butch Wilmore Needs Brain Scans of Uncle Si After This
Yeah, you're moving.
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Astronaut Butch Wilmore Needs Brain Scans of Uncle Si After This
Five miles a second.
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Astronaut Butch Wilmore Needs Brain Scans of Uncle Si After This
Yeah, five miles a second.
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Astronaut Butch Wilmore Needs Brain Scans of Uncle Si After This
They wasn't kidding when they said, I have the need for speed.
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Astronaut Butch Wilmore Needs Brain Scans of Uncle Si After This
That's true.
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Astronaut Butch Wilmore Needs Brain Scans of Uncle Si After This
You orbit the planet every 90 minutes.
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Astronaut Butch Wilmore Needs Brain Scans of Uncle Si After This
You know, the circumference of the Earth is 25,000 miles at 17,500 miles an hour, which is what your orbiting speed is.
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Astronaut Butch Wilmore Needs Brain Scans of Uncle Si After This
Yeah, five miles a second.
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Astronaut Butch Wilmore Needs Brain Scans of Uncle Si After This
So you've been up there.
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Astronaut Butch Wilmore Needs Brain Scans of Uncle Si After This
Is this Earth round?
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Astronaut Butch Wilmore Needs Brain Scans of Uncle Si After This
Do the math.
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Astronaut Butch Wilmore Needs Brain Scans of Uncle Si After This
464 days in space, 16 sunrises and sunsets a day.
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Astronaut Butch Wilmore Needs Brain Scans of Uncle Si After This
So 16 orbits a day.
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Astronaut Butch Wilmore Needs Brain Scans of Uncle Si After This
At 7,424 times around the planet.