What is the distance required to travel before on gets to the point of no return?

Answer 1

the point of no return cannot be measure by travel or any distance. one example of point of no return is when you said something like a promise that will never ever be broken.

Answer 2

The only point of 'no return' I am truly aware of occurs when copulating with my lady!!

You know when you begin to let out that grunt near the end of it [sorry; yes, all good things must come to an end, I'm afraid!] that it's too late for saying 'No!' at that point, for it's already on its way to your lady!!
NOW THAT'S A GENUINE POINT OF NO RETURN - WHEN IT'S OUT OF YOUR HANDS, BUT ON ITS WAY, NEVERTHELESS!!


As for these flight Buffs:
The point of No Return may not be just over half way anyway!
... Because the wind and the weather conditions ahead might be such that you might even need to go 2/3 of the way there before reaching that point!
The situation may also require divertion of course.

So, it can only be known after the craft actually lands where it is supposed to!!!!
THEN you can look back and say at what point was the point of No Return!

Answer 3

The true point of no return is just beyond the event horizon of a black hole. After that one will not be able to return.

The distance? Well, most astronomers think the closest black hole may be at the center of our very own Milky Way Galaxy. The Milky Way has a diameter of about 100,000 light years. The Earth - close to the outer region of the Milky Way spiral is about 28,000 light years from the center. Here is the mind boggling part for us mere mortals...

A light year is the distance light travels in one year (travelling at the speed of light of course). In one year light travels about 6 TRILLION (6,000,000,000,000) miles.

So, to get to the point of no return you must travel about:
28,000 X 6,000,000,000,000 = 168,000,000,000,000,000 miles.

EGAD! That's a lot of miles.

Of course you could always slip on a banana peel and reach the point of no return much quicker.

Answer 4

There is not really any such meaning to the point of no return as you are free at any time between two places to turn around and go back.
It is associated with flight, and the point of no return is associated with anything over halfway of the journey completed..
If you are in an aeroplane you cannot simply stop and "ask" directions etc.. and there are no gas stations up there in the sky..
However, the point of no return also has to include fuel reserves and potential weather conditions before and behind and also the direction you are flying with relationship to the jet stream.

Answer 5

The point of no return is when travelling between two point it is closer the the destination than back to the departure. It would mostly apply to airplanes that are crossing the ocean and have not got enough fuel to return to the place of origin but enough the reach the destination.

Answer 6

Well on needs to know how far on wants to go in the first place before on can determine where the point of no return is.

Answer 7

Well, the distance of no return would be the distance you get after using more than half of your fuel.

Answer 8

It varies with the tolerance of the individual traveler - (and it is affected by the decision, once you return, whether to begin the journey anew, of give it up) -- but I'd say one third to one half of the journey's total distance.

Answer 9

Well you are at the point of no return practically everyday, because you cannot return to yesterday to avoid doing something wrong that you might've done..

Answer 10

We sent some people on a mission to calculate this distance but they never returned...