What if You Were Born in Space?
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Hey, Vsauce. Michael here. How many people are in space right now dot com tells us that the answer is 6. Ever since the first person reached outer space 52 years ago, more than 500 humans have left Earth and they've gone as far as the moon, an impressive distance. I mean, space stations, which we use in outer space today are way cool, but to scale they only orbit about this far away from Earth. Whereas the Moon, where Apollo astronauts went, is way out here. For the last twelve years, there has been a continuous and uninterrupted presence of humans living in space. Different people at different times, ever since November of 2001. But so far, all of us, every human who has ever existed was born right here on Earth. Of course, Earth is a giant colle...
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Hey, Vsauce. Michael here. How many people are in space right now dot com tells us that the answer is 6. Ever since the first person reached outer space 52 years ago, more than 500 humans have left Earth and they've gone as far as the moon, an impressive distance. I mean, space stations, which we use in outer space today are way cool, but to scale they only orbit about this far away from Earth. Whereas the Moon, where Apollo astronauts went, is way out here. For the last twelve years, there has been a continuous and uninterrupted presence of humans living in space. Different people at different times, ever since November of 2001. But so far, all of us, every human who has ever existed was born right here on Earth. Of course, Earth is a giant colle...
