Thursday, October 13, 2005

Thrust Into Space excerpt #3

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Rocket Fundamentals
The highest velocity a man can attain by running is 32 feet per second (fps)... relying primarily on his muscles... bow 350 fps. A typical high velocity gun, such as ... German WWI "Paris gun" achieves ...3500 feet per second.
...ICBM... 23,000 fps...esacpe from earth...36,700 fps...escape from the solar system ... 54,600 fps".- Page 7

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