[John Jamieson]

All right Bones, I'll play, it would be interesting to know just far a lose tile would fly. Best we're going to be able to do is a swag, but let's give it a shot.

I suggest we start with a 6"X6"X3" tile tumbling. Density of most tiles is 9 lbs/cu/ft, 500 or so are 22 pounds per foot.

I'll create an excel spreadsheet to track 'em that allows us to change the initial conditions for altitude, velocity, size, and density. Let the tiles fall where they may. I would expect them all to reach the ground.

[bonesmccoy]

Hey, you're the expert!

I'm just trying to do some college Physics 101 (got yer' old green and yellow Halliday & Resnik book?)

GAG! My prof would be laughing if he saw me looking up those darn projectile equations!

Doing an analysis on the observation of the astronomers from Cal Tech. We can guess their position from the Cal Tech website: http://www.ovro.caltech.edu/

The Owens Valley Radio Observatory (OVRO) is the largest university-operated radio observatory in the world. The observatory is located near Bishop, California, approximately 250 miles north of Los Angeles on the east side of the Sierra Nevada. For reference, its coordinates are 37°14'02" latitude, 118°16'56" longitude at 1222 meters above sea level.