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Old 10-17-2007, 02:54 AM   #16
Boo Radley
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Originally Posted by evman150 View Post
All I'm hoping for is an appreciation of the distance. The appreciation that light travels really fast. And that a light year is a really long distance.

Asking how many light years away Mars is shows a gross misunderstanding of the concept.
I disagree. Knowing the distance to Mars, as a comparison, gives one a greater appreciation of the concept.

I would recommend patience when dealing with the general public on matters of science.

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