Skyway Cash Markets, LLC (“Skyway”) is pleased to announce the merger of SeaStar Professional medical, Inc. (“SeaStar Medical”), a clinical technology corporation establishing extracorporeal therapies to decrease the implications of too much irritation on very important organs, and LMF Acquisition Options, Inc. (Nasdaq: LMAO) (“LMAO”), a publicly traded particular objective acquisition organization. Skyway Money Marketplaces LLC served as sole fiscal and valuation advisor to LMAO in link with the proposed business enterprise mix.
Skyway Funds Marketplaces announces the merger of SeaStar Health care, Inc. (“SeaStar Medical”), a health care technological innovation company acquiring extracorporeal therapies to reduce the implications of extreme irritation on very important organs, and LMF Acquisition Possibilities, Inc. (Nasdaq: LMAO) (“LMAO”), a publicly traded specific reason acquisition enterprise. Skyway Funds Marketplaces LLC served as sole monetary and valuation advisor to LMAO in connection with the proposed enterprise combination.
The transaction is predicted to provide SeaStar Health care with access to the money marketplaces and therefore place the corporation to accelerate the improvement and progression of its guide courses for acute kidney damage (AKI) in both pediatric and grownup sufferers, as perfectly as progress other SeaStar Clinical packages in acute and serious indications.
SeaStar Medical’s Selective Cytopheretic System (“SCD”) is a patented, mobile-directed, extracorporeal immunomodulator that selectively targets activated neutrophils and monocytes to tackle hyperinflammation. Neutrophils and monocytes are the mobile mediators that push systemic inflammation, which when spreading uncontrollably via the entire body can direct to organ destruction, organ failure or death. The SCD technology targets the mobile drivers of swelling to restore balance in the entire body and most likely reverse the harm. SeaStar Clinical intends to submit SCD for approval with the Fda underneath the Humanitarian Machine Exemption to commence commercialization for the cure of pediatric AKI and progress SCD into a pivotal trial for treatment method of AKI in adults.
LMAO CEO, Bruce Rodgers, commented “We consulted with the Skyway team informally during our search for a SPAC goal. Skyway understands personal, community, and SPAC M&A transactions and is able to clarify their nuanced dissimilarities to goal ownership. The Seastar opportunity was offered on a limited timeline. Skyway’s well being care and clinical machine market depth permitted us to evaluate this transaction in the required timeline to attain definitive settlement. . We are psyched for what the long run retains for SeaStar Health care with LMAO’s monetary sources behind them.”
Russ Hunt, CEO of Skyway Funds Markets, commented “With above 600 special intent acquisition firms racing towards the clock to obtain and near a transaction prior to their autos expire, in an atmosphere where by really several are essentially succeeding, we are extremely happy of our crew at Skyway for obtaining this transaction throughout the finish line. We are even additional happy of the high-quality of the focus on introduced to the desk and the future expansion probable LMAO investors will now have access to. Health care and technology proceed to be appealing sectors and we remain very lively in both equally.”
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About Skyway Funds Marketplaces
Skyway Capital Markets is a nationwide, market-main, award successful boutique expenditure financial institution with a solid presence in the tech and telecom sectors. The company operates with middle market businesses, public and non-public, through custom made economic advisory services including company finance, capital raises, public and private choices, mergers & acquisitions, fairness viewpoints, restructurings, and recapitalizations. Skyway Money Markets is headquartered in Tampa, Florida and is a member of FINRA and SIPC. For additional info, be sure to check out www.skywaycapitalmarkets.com.
About SeaStar Medical, Inc.
Denver-based SeaStar Clinical is a privately-held professional medical engineering firm that is focusing on redefining how extracorporeal therapies may cut down the repercussions of excessive irritation on vital organs. SeaStar Medical’s novel systems rely on science and innovation to provide daily life-conserving remedies to critically-ill patients. It is producing and commercializing extracorporeal therapies that goal the effector cells that drive systemic irritation, creating immediate tissue damage and secreting a range of pro-inflammatory cytokines that initiate and propagate imbalanced immune responses. For additional data pay a visit to http://seastarmedical.com/.
About LMF Acquisition Possibilities, Inc.
LMF Acquisition Alternatives, Inc. (Nasdaq: LMAO) is a special reason acquisition organization fashioned for the objective of effecting a merger, capital stock trade, asset acquisition, inventory acquire, reorganization or identical organization mix with just one or extra companies.. LMAO is led by Bruce M. Rodgers, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board. For additional info, take a look at www.lmfacquisitions.com.
Since 2019, state agencies have spent more than $99 million on public relations and marketing work from outside companies, according to state financial records.
The Oklahoman reviewed more than 60 contracts to learn more about the type of work public relations firms are doing for state agencies, utilizing records from the state Office of Management and Enterprise Services showing payouts from all state agencies and higher education institutions to 16 Oklahoma-based public relations, advertising and branding agencies.
State agencies have paid Oklahoma City-based public relations firm Saxum $15.5 million in contract work over the last three years, including more than $1.8 million from the Oklahoma Health Department to help with press communications, social media, digital consulting and other services during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Although the Health Department has ended its contract with Saxum for pandemic-related communications and messaging about the state’s public health lab, the firm is still working for the agency on advertising and marketing for a federally funded grant program that provides free COVID-19 testing in schools.
Saxum’s contract with the Health Department has drawn some criticism as its founder, Renzi Stone, has twice contributed the maximum donations to Gov. Kevin Stitt’s political campaigns. But he’s not the only public relations executive at a company with state contracts to have contributed to Stitt’s political campaigns.
Brenda Jones Barwick, founder and CEO of Jones PR, has twice contributed the maximum allowed and Brent Gooden, of The Gooden Group, contributed $500 in 2018.
Jones Barwick said campaign contributions don’t influence who gets state contracts, as those are typically awarded through an apolitical and uniform public bidding process.
“The departments are all independent agencies, and it has nothing to do with the fair, open, competitive bid process put in place by the state,” she said.
The Saxum contract also raised questions about whether it violated an executive order Stitt issued in 2019 that banned state agencies from hiring outside lobbyists. Saxum’s contract with the Health Department includes the “Development and implementation of a communications strategy around OSDH legislative priorities leading up to and during the 2022 session.”
Asked if the contract violated Stitt’s executive order, the governor’s office said it was a legal contract.
“Our office reviewed the contract and it does not violate the governor’s executive orders,” said Charlie Hannema, spokesperson for Stitt.
Saxum said its work for the Health Department, or any other state agency, does not include legislative advocacy.
“Saxum does not lobby, period,” said Debbie Schramm, Saxum CEO. “We have taken intentional steps based on legal counsel to make sure we do not lobby.”
Schramm said Saxum also holds annual training sessions with staff prior to the legislative session to go over the company’s no-lobbying policy.
“We do work with clients who have lobbyists, and provide communications support to clients who can or do lobby on behalf of their company or industry, including content creation (fact sheets, etc.), meeting scheduling, bill tracking and other support services that are not lobbying,” Schramm said.
State agencies say PR firms can increase their manpower
On the brink of expanding Medicaid, the Oklahoma Health Care Authority hired Oklahoma City firm Ghost to help craft consistent messaging for the expansion and to carry out a statewide media buy.
Ghost, Inc., which has been paid $4.6 million in state agency contracts since 2019, helped with a four-month advertising campaign that included targeted television commercials and radio, digital and newspaper advertisements to promote Medicaid expansion. The campaign that cost $500,000, half of which was covered by federal funds, garnered more than 3.6 million digital impressions, said Health Care Authority spokeswoman Melissa Richey.
She said the campaign was successful, noting that during the first four months of expansion, Oklahoma enrolled 118,067 new Medicaid recipients.
While some agencies sporadically hire outside communications experts, contractors are a constant at others.
The Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department has worked with local advertising agencies for 30 years to try and attract more visitors and to entice locals to take advantage of all that the state has to offer.
Since 2015, the Tourism and Recreation Department has outsourced its creative work to VI Marketing and Branding of Oklahoma City.
In recent years, the branding agency also worked for the Department of Public Safety, Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust, the health department, Statewide Virtual Charter School Board and at least two institutions of higher education, earning more than $70 million in state contract work.
One of the most notable examples of a state agency using outside creative was when the Tourism and Recreation Department paid advertising firm Staplegun $1,350 in 2017 to design Oklahoma’s new license plate. Initially, the agency turned to VI to design the new plate, but the second company was brought in when state officials couldn’t come to a consensus on the initial designs.
The Tourism and Recreation Department has hired VI to do creative work, ad buying and commercial production. VI gets discounted air time because it buys commercial slots in bulk for multiple clients, said Tourism and Recreation spokesman David White.
Agency employees take photos and write copy for the state agency’s numerous travel brochures and guides, but VI helps with the design and layout, White said.
Working with the branding agency essentially doubles the Tourism and Recreation Department’s manpower, he said.
“We’re proud of the work and the partnership we have with them,” White said.
The Tourism and Recreation Department has a dedicated revolving fund for advertising and promotional materials. Currently, the agency gets $5 million annually in sales taxes and $750,000 in state use taxes.
In fiscal year 2021, the agency used that money to distribute more than 1.2 million travel guides and pay for the three television campaigns, 43 billboards, 59 print advertisements and 28 digital campaigns.
Sen. Bill Colemen, R-Ponca City, has introduced legislation this session to gradually increase to $7.5 million the annual sales tax apportionment for the Tourism Promotion Revolving Fund.
Advertising is an integral part of the Tourism and Recreation Department’s work, White said.
“Our mission is to advertise and invite people to come to Oklahoma,” he said.
VI does similar work for TSET, which has contracted with the company since 2007 for media buying, video production and social media work to publicize state initiatives to promote tobacco cessation and healthy living, including the Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline and Tobacco Stops with Me programs.
The marketing contract is put out for public bid every six years, said TSET spokesman Thomas Larson.
Big Tobacco spends $1 million an hour on marketing across the U.S. with roughly $137 million specifically targeting Oklahomans each year, he said.
“Counter-marketing campaigns are among the most powerful tools for preventing smoking initiation, promoting and facilitating cessation, and changing social norms related to tobacco use,” Larson said.
Lack of PR expertise leaves some agencies ‘like a deer in the headlights’
State agencies hiring outside marketing and public relations support is not a new trend although it may be exacerbated by state budget deficits that have slimmed down government across the board, said Rep. Meloyde Blancett, who runs her own marketing and public relations consulting firm.
When Blancett, D-Tulsa, worked at the Department of Commerce from 2003 to 2005, the agency was able to handle most marketing and public relations in-house. But the agency would often hire outside help for specialized needs, such as web development and graphic design, she said.
She also recalls the agency hired a newly formed marketing firm to help design materials to try and recruit Boeing to expand its operations in Oklahoma.
The Department of Commerce still hires some outside marketing support, and has spent about $1.5 million on such services since 2019.
Last year, the agency, on behalf of Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell’s office, agreed to pay Freestyle Productions LLC $850,000 to implement the state’s new “Imagine That” brand by building a website to sell branded products, designing new artwork to be displayed at state agency offices and heightening brand awareness through targeted media placement.
State agencies often turn to outside marketing companies in crisis situations or when they’re feeling external pressure, Blancett said.
“Sometimes in state government, certain functions are not viewed as critical,” she said. “I would say, probably, the skill of marketing and external communications is sometimes put into that category, and not really used strategically. So, when something does come up, you’re caught, like a deer in the headlights.”
That can lead agencies to hire big-name PR and marketing companies that can be expensive, she said.
Some former state officials leading firms with contracts
Some public relations firms are led by former state employees, including Pliris Strategies (now operating under the company of Pinkston), which was founded by Donelle Harder, a former senior adviser and current campaign manager for Gov. Kevin Stitt.
After starting her company, Harder earned at least $25,000 from OMES for consulting on management and distribution of the state’s CARES Act funds and $81,901 from the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board, according to records obtained by The Oklahoman. The Tulsa World previously reported the Health Department paid Harder $27,500 for communications support early on in the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I am proud of my team for stepping up to the plate with competitive rates to deliver crisis communications, strategic messaging support and digital media management for the State during an unexpected pandemic while we were also focused on building our client base in the private sector as originally intended,” she said in a statement.
Upon being asked to return to the governor’s campaign, Harder said she decided that during the 2022 election cycle her company would not bid on any state agency contracts for agencies that report directly to the executive branch.
Legislation from Rep. Collin Walke, D-Oklahoma City, would prohibit individuals or entities that represent a state official, a campaign for state office or an initiative petition campaign from getting state contracts.
Walke said he has concerns about people involved in political campaigns also getting state contracts.
“What we’re starting to see is people who help on campaigns, run campaigns and once the person wins, they start getting state contracts,” Walke said. “That may be appropriate, that may be inappropriate, we don’t know.
“The question is, are they the best person for the job? That’s what this bill aims to do, is to make sure we have the right people in the job.”
Walke’s House Bill 2531 is identical to legislation House Speaker Charles McCall, R-Atoka, filed last year.
Outreach is a core part of some agency’s work
Some state agencies have hired outside marketing firms for the first time in their history, including the State Election Board, which has a $150,000 contract with VI Marketing and Branding. The contract says VI will help the agency with several voter education projects, including voter registration, absentee voting, and utilizing the State Election Board and county election boards as the trusted sources for election information.
Asked if the contract was in response to recent claims of voter fraud by some politicians, agency officials said that was not the objective.
“There are concerns about misinformation — from claims that laws prohibiting ballot harvesting or requiring voter identification are ‘voter suppression,’ to claims of widespread ‘election fraud’ in 2020,” said Paul Ziriax, secretary of the State Election Board. “However, combating misinformation is not the focus of the State Election Board’s contract with VI. The focus will be on educating voters about things like new precincts as a result of redistricting, voting procedures, and election security.”
Some agencies say public outreach is such a core part of their work that contracting with outside marketing firms is a necessity.
The State Treasurer is required by law to publish notices in local newspapers seeking the owners of abandoned property. The agency has a contract with Ackerman McQueen for $60,000 that includes internet, television advertising and newspaper advertising, some of which have appeared in The Oklahoman.
“All funding for the programs comes from the unclaimed property fund, which consists of remitted abandoned property. No taxpayer funds are used,” said Tim Allen, deputy treasurer for communications and program administration for the Treasurer’s office.
The Commissioners of the Land agency has paid Staplegun more than $15,000 since 2019 for a variety of services ranging from video production to updating the names of commissioners on agency letterhead.
Last year, the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs hired Jones PR for complete branding services, including an agency logo, flyers, vehicles wraps and tradeshow booth banners.
Officials for state agencies and marketing firms say part of the need for contract work is that state budget cuts over the last several years have resulted in depleted staff numbers in public information and marketing departments at various state agencies.
The COVID pandemic also created a need for quick crisis communication.
“We are incredibly proud of the work we do for the state of Oklahoma, and have especially been proud of the work we have been able to do for various state agencies dealing with unprecedented issues brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Schramm, CEO at Saxum. “We added temporary capacity to internal communications teams who were overwhelmed by the volume of media requests during COVID, and we are confident our work helped get more information out to the public in a timely fashion under trying circumstances for state government and reporters alike.”
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Incentive Ecosystem Basis (IEF) claimed on Friday it has raised $100 million for Serum, a decentralized exchange and platform, to support increase its community and place it as a main liquidity infrastructure provider.
As a decentralized exchange, Serum presents the fundamental liquidity infrastructure for purposes built on the Solana blockchain. IEF, meanwhile, supports growth and apps on Serum.
A decentralized trade, or DEX, is a peer-to-peer market where by transactions happen straight between crypto traders. Economic transactions on these exchanges are not supervised or managed by banking institutions, brokers, or any middleman. As an alternative it depends on self-executing sensible contracts to facilitate trading and clearing.
Decentralized exchanges are section of the speedy-expanding decentralized finance sector, which facilitates crypto-denominated fiscal transactions outdoors of conventional financial institutions. In accordance to DeFi Pulse, the overall benefit held at DeFi web-sites surged to $94 billion on Friday, compared with just $11 billion in Oct 2020.
In a assertion, Serum’s local community-led basis stated it has acquired investments from 18 institutional traders such as Commonwealth Asset Administration LP, Tagus Funds, Tiger World wide, and executives at GoldenTree Asset Management.
All 4 verified their financial commitment in Serum’s foundation as a result of communications and messages viewed by Reuters.
“We want to improve the decentralized trade by bringing in new developers to fill purposes on top of it, and…carry end users to trade on it so volume can improve in excess of time,” said a member of the Serum local community who goes by the initials JHL in a cellphone interview with Reuters.
He declined to disclose his total title.
“We want to be one of the largest decentralized exchanges,” JHL additional.
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Applications on Serum now account for much more than $2 billion of whole internet worth of all belongings held by various DeFi networks, in accordance to the IEF statement.
For a couple of years, SEO PowerSuite has been working on enhancing its backlink index, used by the SEO PowerSuite backlink API and the SEO SpyGlass backlink tool. In June 2021, a huge infrastructure update went live, increasing our crawling speed by three times.
To better understand our progress and see where we stand, we’ve decided to run an in-house analysis of the top backlink database providers — Ahrefs, SEO PowerSuite, Semrush, and Majestic.
We’ve described all the major findings of the comparison here, but more details can be found on this page.
Disclaimer: For this study, we’d purchased the API keys from each of the compared providers ($6,200 worth in total). In this report, SEO PowerSuite enclosed the raw data files for your reference. To verify that the data hasn’t been modified in any way, you can reach out to the mentioned companies and purchase similar stats from them to run your own comparison.
The methodology
To run this analysis, we decided to use the Majestic Million dataset.
Why this dataset? The Majestic Million is a list of the top million sites on the web, based on the number of citations (aka links) from other websites. That’s why each of these domains should have sufficient backlinks to make the comparison statistically significant.
So, we have taken this dataset and analyzed the results from the following backlink index providers:
The cost of checking backlink stats for 1M domains: $899.
Ahrefs
According to the official website, Ahrefs has 3.2 trillion external backlinks and 193 million indexed domains.
The cost of checking backlink stats for 1M domains: $2,000.
Semrush
Semrush contends to have over 43 trillion backlinks and 1.6 billion domains in its index.
The cost of checking backlink stats for 1M domains: $2,500.
Majestic
We haven’t found any information on the number of backlinks and referring domains in the Majestic backlink index. The only stats that are available on the official website are that the Fresh backlink index has 434 billion URLs crawled and over 1 trillion URLs found.
The cost of checking backlink stats for 1M domains: $800.
After setting up the accounts and checking the data for one million domains, we then calculated
the total wins by referring domains;
the total wins by backlinks;
how often each of the vendors occupied the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th position in the comparison (for links and referring domains);
First off, we looked at the number of referring domains returned by every provider, the metric that lets us evaluate the backlink index coverage.
When it came to the largest number of reported backlink domains, SEO PowerSuite led the way with 44.4{4224f0a76978c4d6828175c7edfc499fc862aa95a2f708cd5006c57745b2aaca} wins:
The backlink index by Semrush took second place with over 36.3{4224f0a76978c4d6828175c7edfc499fc862aa95a2f708cd5006c57745b2aaca} wins. Ahrefs received 14{4224f0a76978c4d6828175c7edfc499fc862aa95a2f708cd5006c57745b2aaca} wins, and Majestic – 5.3{4224f0a76978c4d6828175c7edfc499fc862aa95a2f708cd5006c57745b2aaca}.
Please keep in mind that the graph above highlights the number of wins. Here’s how the quantity of reported referring domains looked in absolute numbers:
What’s the difference between wins and absolute numbers? Here’s a simple example – let’s imagine we’ve checked how many referring domains each of the analyzed databases reported for the same URL:
SEO PowerSuite: 100 referring domains
Ahrefs: 101 referring domains
Semrush: 99 referring domains
Majestic: 100 referring domains
In this case, Ahrefs would receive the “point” for their “win.” And then, we repeat the process for the remaining 999,999 domains.
🥇 The winner in the referring domains category: SEO PowerSuite
Who wins by the number of backlinks?
For the total number of backlinks, Semrush came out on top with 47.65{4224f0a76978c4d6828175c7edfc499fc862aa95a2f708cd5006c57745b2aaca} wins. It was followed by SEO PowerSuite (21.38{4224f0a76978c4d6828175c7edfc499fc862aa95a2f708cd5006c57745b2aaca} wins) and Ahrefs (16.25{4224f0a76978c4d6828175c7edfc499fc862aa95a2f708cd5006c57745b2aaca} wins). Majestic showed the lowest number of backlinks in this run and gained 14.73{4224f0a76978c4d6828175c7edfc499fc862aa95a2f708cd5006c57745b2aaca} wins.
Total backlinks in absolute numbers:
🥇 The winner in the referring backlinks category: Semrush
How positions in the comparison were distributed
Additionally, we have calculated how often each of the vendors occupied the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th position in the comparison.
This is how the positions were distributed for referring domains:
And this is how the vendors scored for backlinks:
Important factors to keep in mind
All tests have limitations, and this one’s no exception. It’s quite challenging to run research of backlink databases and draw a totally unbiased conclusion.
Below, we’ve outlined a few important aspects that you should keep in mind when you read any backlink index study.
Different types of backlink indexes
Every backlink index is unique since every company uses a different approach to crawl, store and count backlink data. So, with any backlink index comparison, you have this big flaw of analyzing databases that are inherently not equal.
In our research, we’ve accessed the data via APIs that allegedly return the results from the following indexes:
Ahrefs Live index (all links that are currently live, a link is considered live until recrawled and found otherwise)
Semrush Fresh index (all links crawled in the last six months)
Majestic Fresh index (all links crawled in the last four months)
SEO PowerSuite backlink index includes all live links (similarly to Ahrefs, a link in our index is considered live until we recrawl it and see otherwise).
Unlike Ahrefs and SEO PowerSuite, Semrush and Majestic return both live and dead backlinks, and in most cases, it can make a huge difference in the backlink numbers.
For example, if you check the backlink profile of Amazon.com in Semrush, you’ll see that this domain has a total of over 18 billion backlinks (that’s what you get via the API as well). But if you switch to the Active links mode, you’ll see only seven million links:
Although Ahrefs index includes links that are currently live, you can still spot some inconsistencies. Ahrefs API returns 114 million backlinks for Ahrefs.com, this is close to the number we see in the Summary dashboard, but if we switch to the backlinks report, we’ll see just 35 million links.
There’s probably a good explanation behind this mismatch (low-quality or lost backlinks filtered out?), but it brings us to two important conclusions:
We can’t be 100{4224f0a76978c4d6828175c7edfc499fc862aa95a2f708cd5006c57745b2aaca} certain about the type of backlink index used by APIs.
We can’t eliminate this type of discrepancy from our research.
Different ways to count links
Yet another problem you’ll face when comparing the backlink indexes is that links are counted differently. For instance, you may calculate duplicate links on a page as a single link or as multiple links. The same’s true for redirects, canonicals, etc. All these things will affect the total calculation, and that’s why we have to take every backlink index comparison with a grain of salt.
Different ways to record IPs
Similarly, there’s a question of how backlink API providers record IP data. Most providers count only the most recent IP they’ve found for the backlink, which means they have one IP recorded per domain. But Semrush seems to record every IP they’ve detected in the last six months; thus, they may have a few dozen IPs recorded for the same domain.
The IP/subnet stats are included in the raw data file, and initially, we planned to use these numbers in the report. However, when we noticed this crucial difference in IP calculation, we considered that these stats could not be used to draw meaningful conclusions.
Different understanding of referring domains
A domain is a domain, right? Our analysis shows that things are a bit more complicated when we talk about backlink indexes.
According to Verisign, “the second quarter of 2021 closed with 367.3 million domains across all top-level domains.”
And while many data providers have a matching number of domains indexed (Ahrefs – 193.4 million referring domains, SEO PowerSuite – 264 million domains), Semrush claims to have a very dubious 1.6 billion referring domains.
Hence, what Semrush counts as a unique domain seem to be different from the widely accepted notion.
To sum it up, there’s probably no winner or loser in this type of comparison, due to all the mentioned factors and varying approaches.
But we believe that the more experiments we run, the more transparent backlink index providers will become about their data in the long run. And that means that enterprise and API users will better understand what they are paying for.
If you’re interested in testing our backlink API for your SEO services and apps (or running your own independent analysis), please drop us a note to api@link-assistant.com, and we’ll set you up with a free trial.
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Light is fast. In fact, it is the fastest thing that exists, and a law of the universe is that nothing can move faster than light. Light travels at 186,000 miles per second (300,000 kilometers per second) and can go from the Earth to the Moon in just over a second. Light can streak from Los Angeles to New York in less than the blink of an eye.
While 1 percent of anything doesn’t sound like much, with light, that’s still really fast — close to 7 million miles per hour! At 1 percent the speed of light, it would take a little over a second to get from Los Angeles to New York. This is more than 10,000 times faster than a commercial jet.
The Parker Solar Probe, seen here in an artist’s rendition, is the fastest object ever made by humans and used the gravity of the Sun to get going 0.05{4224f0a76978c4d6828175c7edfc499fc862aa95a2f708cd5006c57745b2aaca} the speed of light. NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben
What is the fastest man-made object
Bullets can go 2,600 miles per hour (mph), more than three times the speed of sound. The fastest aircraft is NASA’s X3 jet plane, with a top speed of 7,000 mph. That sounds impressive, but it’s still only 0.001 percent the speed of light.
The fastest human-made objects are spacecraft. They use rockets to break free of the Earth’s gravity, which takes a speed of 25,000 mph. The spacecraft that is traveling the fastest is NASA’s Parker Solar Probe. After it launched from Earth in 2018, it skimmed the Sun’s scorching atmosphere and used the Sun’s gravity to reach 330,000 mph. That’s blindingly fast — yet only 0.05{4224f0a76978c4d6828175c7edfc499fc862aa95a2f708cd5006c57745b2aaca} of the speed of light.
Why even 1 percent of light speed is hard
What’s holding humanity back from reaching 1 percent of the speed of light? In a word, energy. Any object that’s moving has energy due to its motion. Physicists call this kinetic energy. To go faster, you need to increase kinetic energy. The problem is that it takes a lot of kinetic energy to increase speed. To make something go twice as fast takes four times the energy. Making something go three times as fast requires nine times the energy, and so on.
For example, to get a teenager who weighs 110 pounds to 1 percent of the speed of light would cost 200 trillion Joules (a measurement of energy). That’s roughly the same amount of energy that 2 million people in the U.S. use in a day.
Light sails like these seen in an illustration could get us to the stars. Photon Illustration/Stocktrek Images/Stocktrek Images/Getty Images
How fast can we go?
It’s possible to get something to 1 percent the speed of light, but it would just take an enormous amount of energy. Could humans make something go even faster?
Yes! But engineers need to figure out new ways to make things move in space. All rockets, even the sleek new rockets used by SpaceX and Blue Origins, burn rocket fuel that isn’t very different from gasoline in a car. The problem is that burning fuel is very inefficient.
Other methods for pushing a spacecraft involve using electric or magnetic forces. Nuclear fusion, the process that powers the Sun, is also much more efficient than chemical fuel.
Scientists are researching many other ways to go fast — even warp drives, the faster-than-light travel popularized by Star Trek.
One promising way to get something moving very fast is to use a solar sail. These are large, thin sheets of plastic attached to a spacecraft and designed so that sunlight can push on them, like the wind in a normal sail. A few spacecraft have used solar sails to show that they work, and scientists think that a solar sail could propel spacecraft to 10 percent of the speed of light.
One day, when humanity is not limited to a tiny fraction of the speed of light, we might travel to the stars.
