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Crazy. At what speed / acceleration would a manhole cover burn up from friction with the atmosphere?
by dwaltrip 4y ago
Crazy. At what speed / acceleration would a manhole cover burn up from friction with the atmosphere?
- zaptrem 4y ago"StackExchange: Could the end cap of the Pascal B (1) survive its trip through the atmosphere?" https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/488151/could-the-end-cap-of-the-pascal-b-1-survive-its-trip-through-the-atmosphere https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/488151/could-the...
- 93po 4y agoTo clarify for anyone unfamiliar - this isn't a manhole cover in the traditional sense. It was a 2000 pound hunk of solid steel. It makes this story much more plausible because a regular manhole cover would blow into a million pieces