2007-03-01 08:13:23 · 3 answers · asked by kareemdallas 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
less than 10 minutes. The space shuttle goes from the ground to orbit is about 10 minutes. Burt Rutan's Space Ship One when to space (briefly, not to orbit) in less than 5 minutes, starting from the time it was dropped off from the White Knight aircraft at 50,000 feet.
2007-03-01 08:19:03 · answer #1 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To get to "outer" space takes a "bit" longer.
Go to Google and look up New Horizons Probe.
That was sent on a mission to Pluto Jan last year. Today it is passing Jupiter.
However, it will not reach Pluto intil the year 2015, and this is the fastest probe we have ever launched.
To put that in perspective, the nearest star is just about 10,000 times as far as Pluto. I'll leave you to do that sum.
2007-03-01 08:37:09 · answer #2 · answered by nick s 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For the space shuttle to get into orbit it takes about 8 min.
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/NeatAstronomy/
2007-03-01 09:48:29 · answer #3 · answered by chase 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋