The only current way to get to the moon via a spacecraft, which increases speed in high altitudes, defies gravity, and is the only vehicle that has the ability to physically leave planet Earth.
We’ve all seen the monumental footage of the first man on the moon, Neil Alden Armstrong, and since the first “giant leap for man kind” we’ve watched several different men and women take off in rockets to land on the moon, but how long would it take to drive there?
As kids, when asked “what do you want to be when you grow up” many of us responded with, “I want to be an Astronaut.” Of course back then, we were thinking about shooting to the moon in rockets and not in an automobile.
In a spacecraft it takes approximately three days to get to the moon. During the Apollo mission, it took 2.5 days to get to the moon traveling at speeds faster than 24,000 mph.
Now, how about we switch out the rockets for the vehicles that sits in our driveways — how long would it take to get to the moon?
If a vehicle was driving at a speed of 60 miles per hour, it would take six straight months of driving to get to the moon. That’s a lot of driving.
If your not one for long road trips, you are probably flinching at the thought of this, nonetheless, it would still be really neat to see planet Earth from the rearview mirror.
If you could have the opportunity to live out your childhood dream of becoming an astronaut, even if that meant you had to do it by driving an automobile to the moon for six months straight, would you do it?
