Quote Originally Posted by hemmjo View Post
I was thinking a light minute would be a linear measurement. 186,000 miles/sec, x 60 s =11,160,000 miles... lets ask Jason how many barley corns that is?

A light mile would be a unit of time? We should start using that.. "Honey, I will be there in 20 light miles." That means I better hurry!!!
A handy relation to remember is that light travels about a foot in a nanosecond.