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It's 40,000kg, so about 400 heavy people or a handful of elephants. Might not be fun if you're under it, but not particularly damaging to the planet.
by sudhirj 7y ago
It's 40,000kg, so about 400 heavy people or a handful of elephants. Might not be fun if you're under it, but not particularly damaging to the planet.
- dghughes 7y agoBut what velocity would it be traveling? Project Thor aka "the Rods from God" concept is a satellite with 20'x1' 76,000 lb (34,000kg) tungsten rods. No explosives just pure mass and kinetic energy. From low Earth orbit they would travel at Mach 10. Supposedly at impact each rod would release the same energy as a small nuclear bomb.