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Re:How do cars fare in crash tests they're not specifically ... by jhgb on Thursday November 11, 2021 @04:24PM (#29193391)
Then how does it slow Enterprise's crew from orbital velocity when beaming them down to a planet?
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Re:How do cars fare in crash tests they're not specifically ... by stavros on Thursday November 11, 2021 @04:35PM (#29193504)
The ship is on a geostationary orbit, obviously.
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Re:How do cars fare in crash tests they're not specifically ... by jhgb on Thursday November 11, 2021 @05:12PM (#29193886)
There's around 4 km/s difference between geostationary orbital speed and the surface of the Earth. For a zero inclination circular orbit, you'd need to be at an altitude of ~1855000 km to have linear velocity equal to the nadir on Earth's surface.
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