
Stephen Wolfram Q&A, For Kids (and others) [March 26, 2021]
The Stephen Wolfram Podcast
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The Problem Is, Satellite's That Far Away
Light travels a hundred and 86 thousand miles per second. It's 24,000 miles up wich is the distance that a satellite is right above the equator. The round trip of you send a message up to the satellite comes back down again,. That' 80 thousand miles. So that means, if light goes a hundred, 86 thousands miles per second, that means you're looking ataa more than a third of a second delay.
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