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What if it fell on someone's head? Would they have survived?
by earth2mars 3y ago
What if it fell on someone's head? Would they have survived?
- mulmen 3y agoDepends how fast they are moving relative to the phone.
- tgsovlerkhgsel 3y agoReally hard to tell for sure, but assuming it orients itself aerodynamically, exposing a 75x10mm surface area to the wind, with a drag coefficient of 1.0 (slightly less than a cube) and a mass of 180g, then omnicalc says it'd be moving at 225 km/h (62.5 m/s), giving a kinetic energy of 352 Joule. If I had to guess - based on comparisons to energies cited for handgun bullets, less-lethal ammo, and punches - this could be fatal, but (given the relatively large size of the projectile) wouldn't be certain death. There's also a chance of significantly more drag due to tumbling, which would likely put it into "most likely survivable but very, very painful" territory.
- paganel 3y agoAnd assuming that hypothetical person wouldn't have survived, who would have been made liable for the person's death? The owner of the phone? Air Alaska? Boeing?
- dolmen 3y agoReminder: meteors fall everyday on earth.