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Old 04-30-2010, 10:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Ihealyou [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
EM radiation travels at the speed of light in a vacuum you silly goose.
Sure, in a theoretical vacuum.

"Space" is not a perfect vacuum. If the signals were transmitted from space, this would be nearly true, but there is quite a bit of interference between earth and "space," causing that signal to slow down quite a bit before it gets to that near-vacuum point.

Or did I miss that day in physics?
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