Why doesn't the math add up?
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You are saying this, but you aren't addressing the part that is confusing to you, so I can't help explain it in a way that will help you to understand. Assuming that what I am saying is bullshit is an assumption. It would be more accurate (I think) to say that you don't understand what I am saying. That could be that you haven't put enough time into trying to understand, or that I have not explained it sufficiently well (did you even watch the video for the one minute I recommended?). I am not blaming you for not understanding. I don't know where the fault in your lack of comprehension lies. What it is not however is bullshit even if it is not correct. What I am saying is backed up by millions (billions? trillions?) of real experiments including many that I have done myself.
The vehicle obviously didn't travel 300m miles. You performed the calculation yourself. That headline is wrong. It also doesn't make sense from the evidence I have presented (even if you don't understand why). But a headline being wrong is no big deal. It's not even necessarily a lie. It's just wrong. People who write articles don't check the math of their headlines. They go to fact checkers (which are part of the International Fact Checking Network (IFCN)) to get their stories. No one is checking their math. No one cares about reporting reality. They only care about printing a story.
In no way does an incompetent reporter signify a breakdown in all of physics.
I said a lot more than that to help explain what that means. Suggesting this is all I said is purposeful out of context lying to support your statement that it was "pseudoscience" and "bullshit". I am trying to explain something that isn't even covered in physics until third year to someone who is suspicious of all of physics (which is reasonable, but not while also ignoring all of the evidence that supports the math).
Even on NASA.gov they state:
"NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission has logged a lot of flight miles since being lofted skyward on July 30 - 146.3 million miles (235.4 million kilometers) to be exact. Turns out that is exactly the same distance it has to go before the spacecraft hits the Red Planet's atmosphere like a 11,900 mph (19,000 kph) freight train on Feb. 18, 2021."
This isn't just some random article with shady fact checking. NASA itself is claiming the vehicle traveled about 300m miles.
Wait, which part is wrong then?
You calculated a distance of 120M miles given their report of a speed at some point in time. Yes, that doesn't exactly match the 146M miles that the reporter is stating the spacecraft travelled so there is obviously a discrepancy there, but first, that's not that big of a discrepancy and second, that's an error of someone getting the numbers not quite right. What it isn't is in any way a problem with the physics as I have explained it.
You will note that the TITLE says 300M miles and the ARTICLE says 146M miles. The title and article were not written by the same person. Maybe the person who wrote the title read the article and figured it was a round trip, so the probe would have to travel 146M x 2 ~ 300M. Who the fuck knows. Who the fuck cares? These evidences of bad reporting in no way signify a problem with the physics, just with the reporting.
The 146 was only halfway.
May I also add... there are a couple million miles traveled orbiting the Earth as they do equiment checkouts, prepare for transit burn, etc. Most orbit in LEO for a few days before transit or move to a higher orbit.
Likewise, there are a few million more miles as it orbits Mars in a series of maneuvers to slow it down to a reasonable speed for atmospheric insertion. 100% plausible it "traveled 300 million miles" despite the shortest path distance being a fraction of that.
Regardless, the article said it went 300 million miles. That means in the delta it was on that point. Marh doesn't add up because they make zhit up.
I'm glad you cam explain the answer to the question for 119million Mile's but that wasn't the stated distance.