By the early 1950s, soap operas had switched over to television, and daytime TV had no shortage of offerings. As you'll see, captivating story lines and characters are the keys to longevity on daytime television. If you're curious about the shortest-running soap, it was NBC's These Are My Children, which lasted only 24 days in 1949. But for the longest-running soap operas, see the next page to get started. NEXT.
The distance of a light year. How long would it take the space shuttle to go one light-year? The shuttle orbits the Earth at about 5 miles per second (18,000 mph). Light travels at 186,000 miles per second, which is about 37,200 times faster than the shuttle. So the shuttle would need about 37,200 years to go one light-year.
1 Given that the world is about 25,000 miles in circumference and that the average walking rate is 3 miles per hour, it would take a person walking nonstop approximately 347 days to walk around the world. 2  h.3  It would take about 225 million years to walk one light-year at the pace of a 20-minute mile. It would take about 225 million years to walk one light-year at the pace of a 20-minute mile. 2  It would take 95,000 years to travel one light-year on NASAâs Mach 9.68 X-43, a hypersonic scramjet that is the fastest aircraft in the world. 3  One light-year is about 5.9 trillion miles. 4  c.