We are . moving

The other day Kadizzle wondered as he is prone to do.  He wondered how fast is the Earth moving in the circle where it goes around the sun.  The speed was a shock.  The Earth is moving around the sun at 67,000 miles per hour.  Now when you consider that if you hit a wall with a car 35 mph is all it takes to kill you.  We all need to be thankful nothing is in the way except the moon as we spin around the sun.  We must be thankful the moon carefully dances around the Earth so we don't hit it.  Now consider the possibility that even a small rock get in our way and we hit it head on.  Something the size of a football field hit head on will explode like a gigantic nuclear bomb.  What protects us from little rocks is the atmosphere.  Normally it burns up the little rocks. 

So you drive down the road at 65 mph hour.  A tiny rock pops up from the truck wheel in front of you.  It hits your windshield.  You are pissed it put a nick in the windshield.  Now think if it was even the size of a golf ball.  You might be hurt. 

Driving down the road at 65 you can figure out where you might be later today.   Well moving through space at 67,000 miles per hour we know where we are headed, and were we will be.  We are headed toward Spring at that speed.   Also we are moving toward our next birthday.   So when you think time is moving slowly, you need to ask, compared to what?