Is it just me or is the teacher pony apparently teaching her class everything they need to know to be Astronaughts? Look at the chalk board
it's simple, they are actually Europeans :Trollestia: (but seriously, you learn mathematics analysis in high school here) maybe they are so advance in science that differential equations are elementary school material. Also, Twi knows Lorentz transformations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorentz_transformation
Notice that vaguely designed globe of the planet Earth?...... Also, she's probably saying, "In the future, we won't need the moon. We can banish ponies to entire planets beyond our galaxy instead! :Trollestia:"