An Impossible Venture

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An Impossible VentureTake a sheet of paper, as large a sheet as you can find. Fold it once. Fold it again, and again. Let’s assume thickness of the sheet is 0.001 cm After 1 fold, Thickness = 0.001 × 2 = 0.002 cm After 2 folds, Thickness = 0.002 × 2 = 0.004 cm Similarly, Folds 0-15: The Physical World FOLD THICKNESS MILESTONE 0 0.001 cm 1 0.002 cm 2 0.004 cm 3 0.008 cm Thickness of a human hair 4 0.016 cm 5 0.032 cm 6 0.064 cm 7 0.128 cm A stack of 10 paper sheets 8 0.256 cm 9 0.512 cm 10 1.0 cm 11 2.0 cm 12 4.1 cm 13 8.2 cm Width of a human hand 14 16.4 cm 15 32.8 cm Folds 16-30: Human Scale & Above FOLD THICKNESS MILESTONE 16 65.5 cm 17 1.31 m 18 2.62 m 19 5.24 m Height of a giraffe 20 10.49 m 21 20.97 m 22 41.94 m 23 83.89 m Height of Statue of Liberty 24 167.77 m 25 335.54 m Height of the Eiffel Tower 26 671.09 m 27 1.34 km Taller than Burj Khalifa 28 2.68 km 29 5.37 km 30 10.74 km Higher than Mt. EverestFolds 31-45: Atmospheric & Beyond FOLD THICKNESS MILESTONE 31 21.47 km 32 42.95 km 33 85.90 km Passes the Edge of Space 34 171.80 km 35 343.60 km Higher than the ISS orbit 36 687.19 km 37 1,374.39 km 38 39 40 41 42 43,980.47 km Passes Geostationary Orbit 43 44 45 Reaches the MoonTHE POWER OF A SINGLE FOLD A to-scale visualization of folding a 0.001 cm sheet of paper. 10 Folds Thicker than a standard credit card. 17 Folds meters Nearing the height of an average person. 26 Folds meters Taller than the Shanghai Tower ( 632 m ). Folds Higher than Mt. Everest ( 8.8 km ) and a plane's cruising altitude. Folds Almost double the distance to the Moon ( ). Paper Thickness