Rocket Launch

1olbull said:

Got me to thinking . . . always dangerous.
Because the air resistance of a rider & Rocket would be the same, a 200 pound rider & Rocket falling would be the same as a 300 pound rider & Rocket.

• In a 1 meter fall, each would impact the ground at a vertical speed of 16 Km/h or 10 mph.

The problem would be the force that fall would generate - 4445 Joules or 3278 foot pounds!!!

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BillB said:

Dang, I would have bet the farm it wasn't a Joule less than 4447 from the feel of it .

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