3 ms·

For downward velocity, it doesn't matter. But for lateral movement, where the wrong move 10k+ feet up could send you off course, it matters.

• cthalupa 9y ago
  I imagine most people falling from heights are not doing so with a net waiting for them, so that lateral movement to attempt to find a better spot to crash is probably beneficial.
  • smnplk 9y ago
    It is if you care where you die.