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Old 04-November-2005, 04:52 AM
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Originally Posted by rockinreel
Even if their bodies were made out of stainless steel, they would burn up traveling at the speed of light. So, unless they were made of something tougher than the hardest metal on earth, and still amazingly breathed thru metal lungs, they could never make it at 186,000 mi/sec for 4.3 years.
Somehow this hasn't made it into the discussion, but from this quote is appears that you believe that friction would be an issue. It wouldn't. There's no atmosphere in space to make it heat up. Now, if you plungued into the earth's atmosphere without decelerating first, that would be a different story.
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