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To: MikeFromBelgium
I've read that the foam (being attached to the shuttle) would be travelling at roughly the same speed.
8 posted on 02/07/2003 10:43:11 AM PST by The Right Stuff
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To: The Right Stuff
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Foam would have a LOT less momentum than the rocket itself. once it loses contact with the rocket, the air resistance is going to stop it quite quickly. However the rocket, still going, crashes into it, and it does enough damage to a small bit of tile to start the chain reaction upon reentry. A tornado can drive a plastic straw through a piece of plywood, so don't say the foam couldn't cause some damage when it would impact at much greater than the speed at which tornadoes whip things around.

10 posted on 02/07/2003 2:59:41 PM PST by Terriergal (Matthew 23:24 "You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel. ")
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