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2005-06-21 Home Front: Tech

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Posted by Spavirt Pheng6042 2005-06-21 07:41|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 7,000 mph!!! Holy CRAP! Imagine that thing hitting a building! The crater wouldn't even smoke afterwords.

Posted by mmurray821 2005-06-21 10:46|| 2005-06-21 10:46|| Front Page Top

#2 The zoomies will be able to hit the mullahs and be back at Whiteman for lunch.

Posted by BH 2005-06-21 10:51|| 2005-06-21 10:51|| Front Page Top

#3 Around the World in 80 MINUTES!

Well, actually, closer to 180 minutes....

Posted by Bobby 2005-06-21 11:16|| 2005-06-21 11:16|| Front Page Top

#4 That's 2 miles per second. What's escape velocity? 7 miles/sec? Of course a jet won't work in space, but if you zoomed it, could you go ballistically to LEO?

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2005-06-21 14:16|| home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2005-06-21 14:16|| Front Page Top

#5 Forget the speed. What's the range?

Posted by Zhang Fei">Zhang Fei 2005-06-21 17:55|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2005-06-21 17:55|| Front Page Top

#6 Speed is range. If you can achieve 7 mi/sec, you can go to infinity.

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2005-06-21 21:54|| home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2005-06-21 21:54|| Front Page Top

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