10. How long would it take to travel into space? (A K2S Question)

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If you are speaking about astronauts traveling on the Space Shuttle, it takes about eight and a half minutes to get into space to a point where they will jettison the external fuel tank and be in a continuous free fall orbit around the Earth.

Answer provided by Jim Zebrowski


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