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To: fruser1

In recent experiments, tardigrades have been fired out of a gun to test if they could survive various landings on celestial bodies in space, as well as space’s harsh conditions

The tiny animals survived impact velocities of 825 meters per second, taking varying times to recover.

However, their survival rate fell to 0 once they were fired at velocities of 901 meters per second.


6 posted on 01/11/2022 3:41:46 PM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: PeterPrinciple

The velocities do not matter. It is the acceleration or deceleration forces which are important.


19 posted on 01/11/2022 4:13:53 PM PST by marktwain (Amazing people can read a persons entire personality and character from one photograph.)
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