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- From: begley@l14h13.jsc.nasa.gov
- Subject: Re: Galileo's Atmospheric Probe Passes Health Checks
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.190135.8716@aio.jsc.nasa.gov>
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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 19:01:35 GMT
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- >In <1992Dec15.170442.1866@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron
- Baalke) writes:
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- >>New York in 90 seconds. Deceleration to about Mach 1 -- the speed
- >>of sound -- will take just a few minutes, causing a buildup of heat
- >>so intense it will be like flying through a nuclear explosion.
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- What might the speed of sound be in the upper Jovian atmosphere?
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