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What's the fastest can ever take your Scirocco? - more numbers
So....the speed of light is NOT a constant after all??
:(
Larry
----- Original Message -----
From: Euroroc II
To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 8:29 PM
Subject: Re: What's the fastest can ever take your Scirocco? - more numbers
For those trying to reach this in 5th gear I should add that 299,792,458m/s
is in a vacuum... Since the Index of Refraction of air is generally assumed
to be around 1.0003 the speed of light in air becomes 299,702,547m/s...
Every little bit helps.
Physics lesson over.
-Raffi