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To: Procyon

http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/aerodynamics/q0025.shtml

A graph on this page shows the shuttle's velocity at 81 seconds into the flight at around 2,000 to 2,500 feet per second, or 1,360 to 1,704 miles per hour.

43 posted on 07/07/2003 3:38:52 PM PDT by mvpel (Michael Pelletier)

To: mvpel

it's not the speed which is important, but the acceleration

48 posted on 07/07/2003 5:29:44 PM PDT by fnord ( Hyprocisy is the tribute vice pays to virtue)

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