Time since first human went into space

Time since first human went into space (62 y)

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If Time since first human went into space (62 y) was a standard unit ...

  • Time since the first modern humans (250,000 y)...more would be 4000 x Time since first human went into space
  • Time since the birth of Socrates (2,490 y)...more would be 40 x Time since first human went into space
  • Time since start of building of the Parthenon (2,468 y)...more would be 40 x Time since first human went into space
  • Time since the birth of al-Khwarizmi (1,246 y)...more would be 20 x Time since first human went into space
  • Time since the birth of al-Kindi (1,220 y)...more would be 20 x Time since first human went into space
  • Time since the birth of Toscanelli (627 y)...more would be 10 x Time since first human went into space
  • Time since the birth of Euler (316 y)...more would be 5 x Time since first human went into space
  • Time since birth of Sophie Germain (248 y)...more would be 4 x Time since first human went into space
  • Period of Pluto's orbit (248 y)...more would be 4 x Time since first human went into space
  • Time since the birth of Gauss (247 y)...more would be 4 x Time since first human went into space
  • Time since the publication of Volume 1 of Marx's Das Kapital (157 y)...more would be 2.5 x Time since first human went into space
  • Time since the birth of physicist Marie Curie (157 y)...more would be 2.5 x Time since first human went into space
  • Time since birth of M. C. Escher (126 y)...more would be 2 x Time since first human went into space
  • Time since first transatlantic wireless communication (123 y)...more would be 2 x Time since first human went into space
  • One average human generation (25 y)...more would be 2/5 of Time since first human went into space

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