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From: "Robert Seeberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 11:23 AM
Subject: G-Whiz: Roller Coasters Get Astronaut Rating

>
> "What we do know, and what has been substantiated by science" Gibson
added,
> "is that riding a roller coaster imposes less g-forces on the body than
> flopping down in a chair, sneezing or skipping rope. Ridding a roller
> coaster is far safer than many of our other ordinary daily activities."

An interesting related trivia question.  Say you drop something solid and
moderately hard, like a solid piece of glass or a crystal, on a hard
surface, like a tile floor.  What are the g forces involved when the
glass/crystal hits the floor?

Dan M.


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