[geeks] ultralight suicide mission

[William Kirkland]

> Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 09:55:45 -0700 (MST)
> From: Dan Duncan <dand at pcisys.net>
> Subject: Re: [geeks] ultralight suicide mission
>
> On Tue, 31 Oct 2006, Phil Stracchino wrote:
>> Jump off the trailing side, on the other hand, and you'll smack  
>> into the
>> cable.  You'll smack into it relatively gently, as far as lateral
>> velocity is concerned; but you'll be moving downward at a pretty good
>> clip by then, and it'll probably hurt, especially if you hit a car on
>> its way up.
>
> Even if you don't hit a car, think "belt sander" or "bandsaw."
> If it didn't flay your skin off, it would probably at least
> shred your spacesuit at which point you'd be dead anyway.

yes, and I suspect with those velocities, even teflon would be  
extremely abrasive.
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