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High Dive (Sky Diving from 60 MILES UP!)
Popular Science ^ | 7/1/07 | "Speed Weed"

Posted on 07/01/2007 9:12:20 AM PDT by FormerACLUmember

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To: monkapotamus

OMG Monk that funny ROFL


41 posted on 07/01/2007 12:54:03 PM PDT by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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To: FormerACLUmember

what a rush ..... you can be sure some army guy will be thinking ... how can I use this combat?


42 posted on 07/01/2007 1:00:10 PM PDT by Centurion2000 (Killing all of your enemies without mercy is the only sure way of sleeping soundly at night.)
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To: FormerACLUmember

Starship Troopers drop capsules come to real life.


43 posted on 07/01/2007 1:02:17 PM PDT by Centurion2000 (Killing all of your enemies without mercy is the only sure way of sleeping soundly at night.)
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To: FormerACLUmember
TO INFINITY AND BEYOND!


Regards,
GtG
44 posted on 07/01/2007 3:00:52 PM PDT by Gandalf_The_Gray (I live in my own little world, I like it 'cuz they know me here.)
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To: Centurion2000; FormerACLUmember
Starship Troopers drop capsules come to real life.

You know this guy has gotta be smiling.

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45 posted on 07/01/2007 3:16:39 PM PDT by Professional Engineer (The 4th of July is just a day on the calender. Independence Day is something to celebrate!)
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To: denydenydeny
Imagine the kinetic energy of an adult human falling 60 miles: The landing would be a significant explosion, same principle as the so-called Rods from God.

Not so, the terminal velocity of a free fall is about 120 MPH. The question is could you survive the aerodynamic heating as you fell into the denser atmosphere. The "Rods of God" depend on minimal cross section to allow them to maintain their speed in the thicker air.

Regards,
GtG

46 posted on 07/01/2007 5:43:30 PM PDT by Gandalf_The_Gray (I live in my own little world, I like it 'cuz they know me here.)
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To: Gandalf_The_Gray
TO INFINITY AND BEYOND!


47 posted on 07/01/2007 5:59:07 PM PDT by FormerACLUmember (The ideal tyranny is that which is ignorantly self-administered by its victims.)
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Star Trek Generations was originally supposed to begin with an “orbital skydiving” sequence...


48 posted on 07/01/2007 7:13:28 PM PDT by finnman69 (May Paris Hilton’s plane crash into Britney Spears house while Lindsey Lohan is over doing coke)
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To: FormerACLUmember

I do some contract writing and am looking at this from a fresh perspective.

Hmmm.... You are rich enough to do stupid stuff and die. I am rich enough to provide the mechanism and stupid enough to let you.

Fourteen million pages to follow.


49 posted on 07/01/2007 7:34:36 PM PDT by Eaker (Free The Texas 3 - Ramos, Compean and Hernandez)
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To: humblegunner

You would do this.


50 posted on 07/01/2007 7:35:13 PM PDT by Eaker (Free The Texas 3 - Ramos, Compean and Hernandez)
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To: finnman69

The first SCI-FI I recall seeing something like this was Hyperion by Dan Simmons in 1989.


51 posted on 07/01/2007 7:36:17 PM PDT by American_Centurion (No, I don't trust the government to automatically do the right thing.)
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To: monkapotamus

You owe me a new keyboard, dude.


52 posted on 07/01/2007 8:35:45 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~~~Jihad Fever -- Catch It !~~~ (Backup tag: "Live Fred or Die"))
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