The space shuttle travels at 17,500 MPH. That is fast enough to get from California to New York in 10 minutes!
The space shuttle produces 31,200,000 Newtons at lift off.
Enough power is produced by the catapult on an aircraft carrier to shoot a average-sized pickup truck over a mile.
Every six months to 2 years scientists have to add one second to the world's clocks because the earth is slowing down.
An object traveling at the speed of light will travel from California to New York in 0.0149637 seconds.
The cargo bay on the Space Shuttle is large enough to hold a full size tour bus.
The two nuculear reactors aboard the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier produce enough electricty to power 250,000 homes.
The earth's population is increasing by 3 people per second.
800 Earths could fit inside Jupiter! - Adrian Jaronczyk
Sound travels faster through steel then water. - Steve Prior
1,000,000 Earths could fit inside the sun. - Steve Prior
Light travels from the earth to the sun in about 5 minutes. - Steve Prior
If you wrapped yourself in aluminum you would need 153.5 pounds to equal the insulation of 5 pounds of air. - Steve Prior
The earth is ~1,938,586 square miles. - Manuel Diaz
If you shoot a bullet through a sheet of 2 inch thick glass, it will take 1.0000005552343 seconds for the glass to shatter. - Pat Douglas
You produce enough power to light a 75 watt bulb by riding a bike at 60 rpm. - Matt Raiche
The largest volcano in the solar system is found on the Planet Mars. Olympus Mons is truly an apt name. - Don Mocarski
A neutron is not a stable particle outside of the nucleus of an atom. It lasts only about 11 minutes as a neutron before it breaks down into a proton and an electron. - Don Mocarski