Yes, but something that is very draggy and lightweight will achieve decent velocity by the time it impacts the wing, especially if it came from the top of the tank. It will probably turn out that they underestimated the velocity of this piece, or it had some harder components.
Dan In a message dated 2/2/3 11:27:27 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << In the moment a piece of insulation gets loose it has the same velocity as the whole vehicle, how important would be the relative velocity at the moment it would impact on the orbiter? >> _______________________________________________ ERPS-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list
