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To: Repeal The 17th

Mountaintops are in a thinner part of the atmosphere than beaches at sea level; not as much air to absorb sunlight to make heat.

If wind hit you at 17,500 mph, the speed that spacecraft travel at when re-entering the atmosphere, it would heat you up too; it would probably cook you as well.


11 posted on 11/09/2025 11:05:12 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is goings to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

Hawaii is a beach on a mountain top. Just saying...


26 posted on 11/10/2025 4:49:02 AM PST by HYPOCRACY (Wake up, smell the cat food in your bank account. )
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