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To: lurk

“21 tons. So about the damage footprint of a crashing semi truck.”

A crashing semi truck moving 18000 mph.


45 posted on 05/07/2021 3:48:17 PM PDT by Clay Moore (RIP, Rush )
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To: Clay Moore

A crashing semi truck moving 18000 mph.

By the time it reaches the ground the friction will reduce the speed to a couple hundred mph. And it will have likely broken into a bunch of pieces. Picture all of the pieces of a mobile home wafting down like litter.


46 posted on 05/07/2021 6:31:22 PM PDT by lurk ( )
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