Ron wrote: > At an altitude of 50 miles over the Pacific, the shuttle tiles > have already heated up, and the shuttle is performing S-turns > to slow down. I think you also have to factor in the tremendous > speed the shuttle is traveling, which is Mach 25 over the > Pacific, and being slowed down by the atmosphere.
Exactly why tiles can't end up in southern California (unless they came off hours earlier while Columbia was still in orbit) -- too much forward momentum. --Rob ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
