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ERNO
01-21-2011, 11:38
Udri's big fast gun, helps NASA study space junk; shooting aluminum pellets at up to 20,000 mph. Helps gather data on potential impact damage.


viex.com/vid/udri-junx-aluminum-pellets-000-mph-65068607


www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-11994307.html (http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-11994307.html)

Irving
01-21-2011, 12:10
So 29,333 ft/s.

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=how+many+feet+per+second+is+20%2C000+mph%3F

spittoon
01-22-2011, 10:40
wow! how many times do you have to pump up that baby to get [ROFL1] 20,000 mph
(http://www.co-ar15.com/forums/showthread.php?p=292192#post292192)

cwripinz
01-22-2011, 12:38
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/science/stories/2007/08/28/sci_spacegun.ART_ART_08-28-07_B4_2A7MIS3.html

That thing is BRUTAL!!! I like it... It's the kind of thing that a guy could go out and create an international incident with...[Muaha] (http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/science/stories/2007/08/28/sci_spacegun.ART_ART_08-28-07_B4_2A7MIS3.html)

TFOGGER
01-22-2011, 12:50
So 29,333 ft/s.

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=how+many+feet+per+second+is+20%2C000+mph%3F

Roughly Mach 26.6 at sea level.....