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Nobody can shoot down a meteor, here's the math.
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[quote:OldManRivah:MV8yMTQwNDUxXzM2MTQ0OTI1XzExNTBDQzY2] [quote:Anonymous Coward 34004518:MV8yMTQwNDUxX0Q3OTgyODAx] http://news.yahoo.com/possible-meteor-shower-reported-eastern-russia-052833588.html Russia's space agency Roscosmos said the meteorite was travelling at a speed of 30 km (19 miles) per second and that such events were hard to predict. 30km per SECONDS peeps. That is 30 x 60 x 60 = 108000 km per HOUR. Convert that to Mach speed, divide by 1225.03 = You get MACH 88.1 DO YOU HAVE ANY FUCKING IDEA HOW FAST MACH 88.1 is ?!!! YOU GOT ANYTHING approaching even 1/5th of that speed? Or even 1/10th of it?! [/quote] Speed is irrelevant. We landed on the Moon. How fast is the Moon traveling through space . . . [/quote]
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Russia's space agency Roscosmos said the meteorite was travelling at a speed of 30 km (19 miles) per second and that such events were hard to predict.
30km per SECONDS peeps.
That is 30 x 60 x 60 = 108000 km per HOUR.
Convert that to Mach speed, divide by 1225.03 =
You get MACH 88.1
DO YOU HAVE ANY FUCKING IDEA HOW FAST MACH 88.1 is ?!!!
YOU GOT ANYTHING approaching even 1/5th of that speed? Or even 1/10th of it?!
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