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To: FreedomFerret
The air resistance at that speed on even a hunched human body (presenting, say, only 2 sq. ft. of surface area to the wind) would be around 9000 lbs. Enough to decelerate what was left of your body at around 50 Gs.

Dead man, instantly.

31 posted on 07/27/2009 1:17:58 PM PDT by Palmetto
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To: Palmetto

Heh. Thanks for the follow up numbers. I was making a pretty safe assumption the forces involved were far far beyond what even an olympian caliber human frame could survive.

I wonder what even an empty flight helmet would look like suddenly subject to 1,400 mph and 50g’s?


37 posted on 07/27/2009 1:24:50 PM PDT by FreedomFerret
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