On: Log2 ( (distance to moon) / (thickness of paper) )

[erikstarck]

...in other words: fold a paper 42 times and you reach the moon.

[jameskilton → erikstarck]

And only 8 more folds to reach the sun!

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=log2+%28+%28distance+to...

Ain't exponentiality awesome?

[olalonde → jameskilton]

And only 41.46 more folds to reach the size of the observable universe! :)

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=log2+%28+%28size+of+uni...

[theboos → erikstarck]

... requiring about 4 trillion sheets:

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=distance+to+moon%2Fthic...

... or 2.586 trillion square feet of paper:

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=distance+to+moon%2Fthic...

... with a minimum price of $16 billion dollars, not including shipping and handling into space: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=2+dollars+per+ream+*+1+..., http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/382045718/bulk_paper.html

[rajasharan → erikstarck]

but you can't fold a paper more than 8 times

[wglb → rajasharan]

Not quite true: http://sichantalpo.wordpress.com/2007/02/19/folding-paper-in...