I think 24,500 MPH is the peak speed for this mission, not the speed it is traveling now.
Its still going uphill. Earth has a fairly large gravity well.

There would probably be just as many religious fanatics, but the wouldn't be running the countries involved in the conflict.

(Note that Bibi is also backed by religious fanatics, and there are some in the MAGA crowd too)

Or the ISS

The bottom part of the E fell off on the copy I have

think of that skit from The Meaning of Liff where we really fat guy explodes after eating a huge meal (and an after-dinner mint)

"Trump lowered military recruitment standards which is the first step towards a draft."

They're making a big thing out of this here in Pittsburgh.

Yes, an AI shouldn't be allowed on the Internet until its 18 years old.

Volvo is Swedish

I've seen this movie before...

The unit I would like to see the end of is Tonne.

1000 Kilograms is a Megagram.

"All rockets basically do is throw mass out the back to move forward with an equal and opposite reaction since we don’t have massless drives like using light for propellant."

Photons have mass. So you can get thrust by shoving light out the back. Of course you can't get to orbit that way, but from Earth orbit to Mars orbit it would work.

"They'll insure darned near anything."

Except passage through the Strait of Hormuz.

What about the ones in New Scotland Yard?

Slashdot is the only Social Media that I use.
I have been a user here for more than 25 years.
Therefore I am at least 25, no age verification needed.

Trump has at most 2.75 years left in power.

Next January there will be a new bunch of people in charge of congress.

Pork will need to be reallocated.