At full speed, how long would it take a space shuttle to reach the moon?

Answer 1

13 hours and 39 minutes

The Space Shuttle never made it to the Moon because it was not equipped with enough fuel to do so and could not withstand the additional stress of reentry at the higher speeds required for the return trip. Nevertheless, given that the Moon is 238,855 miles away from Earth on average and the Space Shuttle's top speed was 17,500 miles per hour, the result is:

#(238855" miles")/(17500" miles per hour")= 13.64" hours"#

13 minutes and 39 hours.

This article from the Artemis Project (https://tutor.hix.ai) titled "Why We Won't Fly a Space Shuttle to the Moon" may be of interest to you (https://tutor.hix.ai)

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Answer 2

Layla Anderson

Reaching the moon would take a space shuttle eight hours at its maximum speed of roughly 17,500 miles per hour.

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