LimeBike Expanding to Space Travel Business?
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Transportation company LimeBike, known globally for its lime-coloured electric scooters and bicycles, may be about to venture into space travel business!
Or so it seems from this record of a recent intercontinental ride from Brussels, Belgium to Seattle, WA, totalling 4935.2 miles in 9 minutes. That means an overwhelming speed close to 53 thousand km/h (almost 15 m/s, or Mach 43!)
Exceeding the escape velocity of Earth (11.2 km/s), the bike is clearly capable of roaming the Solar System!
And it appears to be brutally affordable; the incredible ride cost just $2.50!
Or could it be that LimeBike got very confused after I used one of their Seattle e-bikes with the app I normally use for their electric steps in Brussels?
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lime_(transportation_company)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_velocity
ENGLISH BLOGOCTOBER 20, 2018 AT 01:46:40 UTC