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From: Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net>
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Subject: Re: xkcd: Human Altitude
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 17:58:19 -0800
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On 1/22/2025 12:53 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> On 1/21/2025 8:40 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
>> Lynn McGuire  <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Note that the chart does not require reaching Mars, just reaching new
>>> altitudes.
>>
>> Yes: you could send a basketball player to the moon for instance.
>> --scott
> 
> That height difference would be lost in the plot.
> 
Who's writing the plot?

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