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"Boo"
Posted By: Son of RalDate: 1/28/05 3:47 p.m.

In Response To: Re: UNSC MAC round velocity (Alex Cross)

: Well think about...the speed of light (c) is approximately 3.00*10^8
: m/s...multiplying by .4 yields 1.20*10^8 m/s, where as multiplying it by
: .04 is 1.20*10^7 m/s. That means 120,000km/s and 12,000 km/s respectively.
: 12,000km/s wasn't even the speed of the Apollo capsule when it was
: deployed to the moon...I don't think it was even half that speed. Click on
: this link, and the 2nd PDF for the Apollo mission will confirm that the
: spacecraft reached speeds of 24,000 mph.

You seem to have somehow confused 'miles per hour' with 'kilometers per second'.

The Apollo flights travelled at a maximum of roughly 11 kilometers per second. The 'low' figure is more than one thousand times that speed.

Had the Apollo Command, Service, and Lunar modules gone towards the moon at 12,000 kilometers/sec, they would reach it in roughly thirty seconds, and then impact with the force of thirty-five thousand Hiroshima bombs.

At 120,000 kilometers per second, it'd be three seconds, and the force of nearly four million(!) Hiroshima bombs.

Assuming the larger speed, and the stated 3,000 ton projectile weight, you'd basically have enough firepower to lay waste to entire worlds. Unfortunately, due to simple newtonian physics, this would also cause the Super-MAC to fly backwards and smash into the planet with enough speed to lay waste to it. =)

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Replies:

UNSC MAC round velocityVanguard21 1/27/05 11:18 p.m.
     Re: UNSC MAC round velocityAlex Cross 1/28/05 12:09 a.m.
           whoa, careless error ;)gspawn 1/28/05 12:31 a.m.
                 *sigh* GoddamnitAlex Cross 1/28/05 6:14 a.m.
                 Re: whoa, careless error ;)Son of Ral 1/28/05 3:51 p.m.
           "Boo"Son of Ral 1/28/05 3:47 p.m.
     To sum it up, .4c :) *NM*Alex Cross 1/28/05 12:11 a.m.
     idiot's summarygspawn 1/28/05 12:27 a.m.
           Re: idiot's summaryPvt. Jenkins 1/28/05 12:44 a.m.
                 Re: idiot's summarygspawn 1/28/05 1:00 a.m.
                 hear hear *NM*Corgana 1/28/05 1:02 a.m.
           iMac? :) *NM*Michael M. 1/28/05 1:06 a.m.
           Re: idiot's summarydevolver 1/28/05 1:47 a.m.
           Re: idiot's summaryreplay 1/28/05 2:21 a.m.
           Re: idiot's summarymrbananas 1/28/05 9:38 a.m.
                 Re: idiot's summaryBonekin 1/28/05 10:36 a.m.
                       Re: idiot's summarymrbananas 1/28/05 11:18 a.m.
                 Re: idiot's summaryGrady 1/28/05 11:32 a.m.
                       the possible cause of confusion and doubt.mrbananas 1/28/05 1:07 p.m.
                             Re: the possible cause of confusion and doubt.Louis Wu 1/28/05 1:42 p.m.
                                   Re: the possible cause of confusion and doubt.Vanguard21 1/28/05 2:49 p.m.
           Re: idiot's summaryGre'Thor 1/28/05 12:10 p.m.
           Re: idiot's summaryE.T. the Extremely Tired 1/28/05 12:54 p.m.
           Re: idiot's summaryEric Trautmann 1/28/05 3:23 p.m.
           To put it in very simple terms...Calvin Chaos 1/28/05 4:25 p.m.
     Re: UNSC MAC round velocityVanguard21 1/28/05 1:11 p.m.
           Re: UNSC MAC round velocityCalvin Chaos 1/28/05 4:37 p.m.
                 Re: UNSC MAC round velocityVanguard21 1/28/05 5:12 p.m.



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