JSON Baumgartner on Twitter: "@physicsJ @MailOnline I can't understand how even a non-scientist comes up with 670 MPH for the speed of light. That's not even Mach 1. Where did 670 MPH come from @MailOnline? I'm so confused and a bit upset at the extremely low bar set for scientific literacy in our society." / Twitter

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, thanks for covering this but... 1. Light speed is a little faster than that... 2. It doesn't change speed as it gets farther 3. Mars's maximum distance is 21 light minutes away 4. I work at JAXA, not NASA But yes I did create an animation

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I can't understand how even a non-scientist comes up with 670 MPH for the speed of light. That's not even Mach 1. Where did 670 MPH come from

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? I'm so confused and a bit upset at the extremely low bar set for scientific literacy in our society.

9:43 AM · Oct 3, 2019Twitter Web App

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That they mistyped 760mph (close to speed of sound). I love the idea that they even mangled the wrong answer.

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They missed off the word 'million'. Then it would have been right. 'Simple' mistake. google.com/search?q=speed But the amount of wrong in that story is remarkable.

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Nice catch.

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