Comment on The fastest bicycle in history is the stationary bike on the ISS.

Deceptichum@quokk.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Earth travels at 107,826km/ph

  In that reference frame, the speed of the ISS varies between 79,826 and 135,826 km/h.

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• ahal@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Yeah but the whole solar system is moving at 720,000 km/h, so all those bikes on other planets are moving just as fast.

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• Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  The math ain’t mathing here. If that were true, in one hour the earth would be 80,000 km away from the ISS. I looked it up and everything you said is true, but something must be lost in translation

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  • Shadow@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    The iss speed is relative to earth. The earth speed is probably relative to the sun. There’s no common frame of reference between the two numbers.

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  • NOT_RICK@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    It’s because those are relative speeds. The ISS speed is relative to the position of the earth. For the earth’s speed, I’d venture to guess it’s measuring the speed relative to either the sun or the galactic center.

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    • dwindling7373@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      The guy managed to connect button presses to letters to chain of thoughts it’s fair to assume he was being sarcastic.

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• SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  When the ISS moves in the same direction as Earth relative to the sun than the bike on the ISS goes 135826 kph

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• NarrativeBear@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  We can go faster, get a bike on Mercury!

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