To: mvpel
If the wings are ripped apart, why does the image in the video appear to be flying sideways, level and smooth at Mach 18?
It seems to me that if anything came apart at that speed, BAM, the entire orbiter would be ripped to tiny pieces instantly. That's not what this optical illusion shows.
107 posted on
02/01/2003 10:56:33 PM PST by
finnman69
(Bush Cheney 2004)
To: finnman69
It seems to me that if anything came apart at that speed, BAM, the entire orbiter would be ripped to tiny pieces instantly. That's not what this optical illusion shows. The reason why not: 207,00 feet.
131 posted on
02/01/2003 11:45:53 PM PST by
Erasmus
To: finnman69
Urk, that's
207,000 feet. Of altitude.
The hostile environment is as much thermal as aerodynamic at that point.
133 posted on
02/01/2003 11:47:59 PM PST by
Erasmus
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