But the space shuttle went 17,500 miles an hour which is 25 times the speed of sound. Takes about eight and a half minutes to get that fast. Seven and a half million pounds of thrust. The rocket that just went around the moon, those guys went about 25,000 miles an hour which is about 35 times the speed of sound. So it depends on the destination and you know where you're going. But low earth orbit, where the space station is a little over 17,000 miles an hour. (03:38–03:46)
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Asserts that a recent moon mission rocket traveled at 25,000 miles per hour, 35 times the speed of sound.
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