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    921 days ago

    Most astronauts only go about 250 miles up, the distance from Cleveland to Cincinnati. That said, Neil Armstrong got a lot further away from Ohio.

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      1220 days ago

      You’re seeing the glass as half empty, I see it as half full…

      At one point in the orbit you are only 250 miles away from Cleveland.

      But at the other end of the orbit that’s 250 miles and the entire planet earth between you and Cleveland. You get a chance to be the farthest human from Ohio, every rotation.

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      420 days ago

      Surely Jim Lovell would have been the Ohian to get the furthest from Ohio? (Apollo 13 altitude record)