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- From: dbc@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Bryan Carpenter)
- Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.astro,alt.sci.planetary
- Subject: Re: Galileo's Atmospheric Probe Passes Health Checks
- Keywords: Galileo, Jupiter, Ames, JPL
- Message-ID: <dbc.725127041@bill>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 16:10:41 GMT
- References: <1992Dec15.170442.1866@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov>
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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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- >...
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- > Its incandescent shock wave will be as bright as the sun and
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >reach temperatures up to 28,000 degrees Fahrenheit. After entry,
- >...
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- I wonder if there is any quantative meaning to these statements.
- Or did someone get a bit carried away with the superlatives?
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- Bryan
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