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That's an interesting thought - is 780mph at 4000ft worse or just different? It's clear that the lower your altitude, the more air there will be to "interact" w
by arnold_palmur 11y ago
That's an interesting thought - is 780mph at 4000ft worse or just different? It's clear that the lower your altitude, the more air there will be to "interact" with - however, even at an extremely high altitude (with virtually no air), at those speeds I would imagine that there is absolutely 0% chance of survival given all of the heat generated (among other things).
- mikeash 11y agoYou are surely correct about the heating, what with how it was melting and burning through various hardware on the Shuttle at that point. Expose a human to that and they won't last long, even if the aerodynamic stresses are survivable.