Anyone care to elaborate how space expands in km/s per megaparsec? The space between each megaparsec expands at ~70 km/s? Why not break it down to something like (probably a poor example here) 7x10^-100 m/s per square inch or something? Assuming my concept of space expansion is even correct

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Anonymous Tue Feb 28 01:11:09 2012 No.4413127 [Reply] [Original]

Anyone care to elaborate how space expands in km/s per megaparsec?

The space between each megaparsec expands at ~70 km/s?

Why not break it down to something like (probably a poor example here) 7x10^-100 m/s per square inch or something? Assuming my concept of space expansion is even correct

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 28 02:26:09 2012 No.4413255 Because the imperial system is fucking retarded. Inches? Seriously?

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 28 02:28:25 2012 No.4413258 >>4413255 Fuck. We're going to need a big ruler.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 28 02:29:25 2012 No.4413259 parsecs and megaparsecs are not imperial system you ass fuck

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