[Coco] Distance

[William Astle]

On 10-06-01 07:50 PM, Aaron Wolfe wrote:
> only 12 people have walked on the moon, but 24 have been "on or near"
> the moon... so 12 have been close but not walked on it.  If the
> question is simply who has been farthest from home, I think all 24
> would be "tied" more or less, even if they didn't get to have a stroll
> on the surface.

Indeed. They would all have orbited the far side of the moon which would 
be even further than the surface of the moon. Thus, within a reasonable 
margin for error based on the overall distances, it would be a tie.

>
> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 9:00 PM, J.P. Samson
> <coco+list at jeanpaulsamson.com>  wrote:
>> On Jun. 1, 2010, at 6:54 PM, John Donaldson wrote:
>>
>>> 12 people share the record for traveling the longest distance from
>>> their home.  How far did they travel and where too.
>>
>> About the first thing that comes to mind are the astronauts who went to the
>> Moon.
>>
>> -- JP
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