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To: PotatoHeadMick

Thirty-two feet per second squared. It’s not just a good idea. It’s the law.


7 posted on 09/20/2007 7:05:46 PM PDT by RichInOC (...wheeeeeeeeeeeeeee...BAM!])
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To: RichInOC
It’s the law
So true....one always obey the law (of gravity :)
9 posted on 09/20/2007 7:13:57 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass (just b/c your paranoid, doesn't mean they're NOT out to get you....Run, Fred, Run. :^)
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To: RichInOC
Thirty-two feet per second squared. It’s not just a good idea. It’s the law.

It's not the 32 ft/s^2 that is the problem. It is the few thousand ft/s^2 at the other end that's the problem.

12 posted on 09/20/2007 7:31:30 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (May the heirs of Charles Martel and Jan Sobieski rise up again to defend Europe.)
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16 posted on 09/20/2007 9:41:57 PM PDT by Dick Vomer (liberals suck....... but it depends on what your definition of the word "suck" is.,)
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To: RichInOC

Solving for terminal velocity, in the absence of air friction, Vt = sqrt(2*g*h)~ 44 fps = 30 MPH ~ 50 km/h.


23 posted on 09/21/2007 4:27:51 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (NYT Headline: Protocols of the Learned Elders of CBS: Fake but Accurate, Experts Say)
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