The science of FireFly.
POSTED BY: citizen
UPDATED: Monday, January 2, 2006 17:07
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as I have nothing useful whatsover to add to this, i'm just going to continue pretty much as I was.
*awe*
And I think SR was being an itty bit naughty -you guys often are when you mention Inara.
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"She's a mite whimsical in the brainpan."
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Originally posted by Finn Mac Cuhmal:
So, can Vera really breach the haul? We saw Vera do that in which Jayne shot out the windows of a space station. Maybe Vera just cracked the windows. That’s what it looked like. Is this a typical space station or just a Wal-Mart space station bad guys use to capture Fireflies? This is a fair indication that someone thought about this, because high tensile bullet proof glass cannot stop a high velocity bullet. Something like a 7.62 fired from Remington .308 rifle will go right through even very thick and dense bullet proof glass like it was butter.
Now AFRL may be designing transparent composite called ALON (Aluminum oxynitride, read: “transparent aluminum” for star trek fans) that can be resistant up to .50 caliber high velocity rounds, which is considerably larger then Vera’s caliber. That’s the kind gun that can turn an engine block into scrap mettle. So I’m inclined to believe that the issue is a little more complicated the Jayne makes it sound.
As ScorpionRegent said, the bullet is travelling at a much greater velocity due to the speed of the platform it was fired from.
This site has information on the effects of very high velocity impacts, including an image of a crater in the Space shuttles front window caused by a flake of paint:
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Running into large objects is bad at any speed, but running into something as small as a grain of sand can be destructive for high-speed travelers. In 1983, a small paint flake struck the space shuttle Challenger with such force that it gouged a small crater in the front window4.1 (see the picture above). The damage was so great the window had to be replaced after the flight (costing $50,000). Many windows, in fact, have been replaced over the years because of this problem. It is the speed of the impact that makes these small objects so destructive. If the shuttle had been hit by an object 1/35th the weight (mass) of an aspirin, it would have struck with the impact of a .30 caliber bullet.
http://www.biblehelp.org/ufo4.htm
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I see by your signature that you like to lampoon President Bush and Prime Minister Blair, but you are the one with a poor grasp of diction and grammar.
Your use of the word 'too' is incorrect as well as your use of 'bare'. You should have used 'to' and 'bear'.
But oh well, those errors are popping up more and more as products of publick educashun emerge. (misspellings intended)
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Yes I'm dyslexic, well done your an idiot, Troll.
*Wonders who it is who is responcible for the failiures of public education*
You really didn't think this through did you?
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how can a 7.62 be fired from a Remington .308?
Aren't they different calibers?
Just thinking.
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Don't you mean, "you're" an idiot? Once again, watch that diction.
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Obviously you need me to explain what dyslexia is.
I won't because your mind is by no means capable of understanding the meaning of my words beyond simple spelling or grammar mistakes that your copy of MS Word picked up. Don't think you've fooled me into thinking your intelligent enough to pick up on them yourself, honey.
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Well, let's go ahead and 'think this thing through'. Who is 'basically in charge' of public education? It is the Liberals. They have become entrenched in the education system. They are the ones who brought us 'outcome based' education where 2 + 2 can equal five, if you really felt like it, so yes, that is why we get so many people who confuse to, two and too, along with a handful of other contradictions, errors and miscalculations. But, it's okay, as long as you feel good about yourself. The Liberal mantra, "Whatever is good for you" apparently applies to writing errors.
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You know, if the internet has taught me anything it's that violence is not the lowest form of argument... Correcting a persons grammar is.
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SpaceShipLover(I assume you mean that litterally):
There are two places for you. The RWED, which I assume you steer clear of because intelligent people post there, and Troll Country, which is where your type usually ends up. Kindly choose one.
Oh and since you want me to stop Lampooning Tony Blair and George Bush, partly by talking about my lack of education, you may want to get your facts straight. Tony Blair IS a Liberal. He’s the leader of the LEFT WING LABOUR party, a fact that appears to have passed you by. George Bush or at least his government, not some evil shadowy leftist conspiratorial group, is responsible for the budgets and priorities of the educational system in America. They ARE responsible.
If you want to discuss such things go to the RWED, that's what it's there for. The hints in the title, you know Real World Event Discussion, felt I had to spell it out to you.
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