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From: julian@osu-eddie.UUCP (Julian Gomez)
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Subject: Re: Re: Something else to watch out for!
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Date: Tue, 18-Jun-85 01:07:38 EDT
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> > Anyway, this JAL flight was cruising at some normal jet-type altitude
> > (like 30,000 ft or thereabouts) some distance above a rather dense cloud 
> > ...
> 
> I can't imagine how hitting a cloud layer - no matter how
> dense - would be like hitting the ground (even at meteoric speeds).
> Supersonic aircraft, space-shuttles etc fly regularly through
> dense clouds without a bump.  As a skydiver I've fallen through
> dense clouds without feeling a thing (although I've often wished
> they really were like soft fluffy cotton wool :-)  )
> ...

Meteor speeds are drastically higher than skydiving or shuttle
speeds, so any mass in front of a meteor could have dramatic
consequences. Maybe it was The Giant Ninja Mushroom Meets Godzilla.
	!-)
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	Julian "a tribble took it" Gomez
	The Ohio State University
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