continued from airplane on threadmill post.

what if i floated 15,000 ft above ground in the very west of the U.S. where would i end up 24 hours from now? would i land at the same place and which way would i being travelling?

angel

no way I'm falling for another trick question...

do you have a flux capacitor? :confused:

Hungry, tired and an full day of your life that you can never get back!

Taking weather conditions out of the equation, I'd say in exactly the same spot, or no, wait, you'd end up at the Carnival World Buffet at the Rio. As ZZ Top would say, "Lotta nice girls there"!!! :D

Depends on wind speed and direction :)

that is what i figured. i guess the earth rotatational speed is at about 1000 miles an hour considering that the earth is about 25000 miles long at the equator. if floating about 15,000 miles above earth and you hit a jet stream, im assuming with the earth rotating towards the east, you can essentially end up in the east. now, if you were in earth's orbit, i guess you can see the earth spining to the east.

correct me if im wrong.

angel

I assume you still mean feet and not miles. Anyway, you would have to get closer to 30,000 ft to find a jet stream. If you were in earths orbit you would be moving like a satellite, with the earth.