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How long it would actually take you to 'run to space' is taking people by surprise

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Published 15:47 11 Feb 2025 GMT

How long it would actually take you to 'run to space' is taking people by surprise

Hope you've got a sturdy pair of trainers

Tom Chapman

Tom Chapman

You might have to shell out up to $28 million if you want to catch a ride on one of Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin rockets for space tourists, but don't worry because there’s a much cheaper way to reach for the stars. While it would be impossible to physically run to space, you might be wondering how long it would take if you technically could.

Users are shocked by the results, as even if you're Usain Bolt, it'll take a long time to reach your destination if you were going to run to space.

In a YouTube short shared by tech explainer Cleo Abram, we're told that it would take 48 minutes to reach a point where we can no longer breathe the air.

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You won't be running to the International Space Station anytime soon (Elena Popova / Getty)
You won't be running to the International Space Station anytime soon (Elena Popova / Getty)

Reaching the height of planes after an hour, you'd then hit the line that NASA officially declares as space (80 km) after eight hours.

You could keep running to Karman Line which everyone else classifies as the edge of the atmosphere after 10 hours, with the point where Blue Origin takes its passengers being reached after another 20-30 minutes.

This is just part of your Forrest Gump-inspired space race. The lowest satellites in orbit sit at around 160 km, which would take about 16 hours to run to. Beyond that, you'd get to the International Space Station and stranded astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore after 40 hours, so that's always one option for Donald Trump and Elon Musk wanting to rescue them.

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For those who want to go even further and reach the furthest satellites that are sat at 35,000 km, it would take 3,500 hours. That's the equivalent of 146 days.

If we were to apply the same logic to running to the Moon, let's assume that the average runner can run at 6 mph. With the Moon being 238,855 miles away, it would take 40,000 hours, which works out to 4.5 years (if you ran 24/7 and never slowed down).

Responding to the video, one person joked: "I was 47 minutes into my vertical run before I saw this. Saved me a lot of trouble."


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Another added: "So you're telling me that space is just an ultramarathon away. Let me put my shoes on."

A third chuckled: "Believe me, Cleo, it won't take me 48 minutes running to run out of air."

Thankfully, we have no reason to run to space.

Alongside the Artemis III mission hoping to put man back on the Moon for the first time since 1972, Blue Origin is replacing the ISS with a $100 billion project that will supposedly allow space tourism.

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We know running is good for you, and while we've seen the amazing effects of running 5k a day, we maybe won't be running to space anytime soon.

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