The view from your pod when you are reentering the atmosphere. I think I’d need a change of underwear after that…
The view from your pod when you are reentering the atmosphere. I think I’d need a change of underwear after that…
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The view from your pod when you are reentering the atmosphere. I think I’d need a change of underwear after that…
Ablative armour.
James White
There is one guaranteed winner. Gravity.
wow…
What it feels like to be a bullet, I suppose.
Christian Fox True. Knowing that it’s close to 3500 degrees just 30-40 cm below your feet must give rise to some reflections about the fragility of life 😛
Someone needs to program the computer to say “You should have turned off all electronic devices prior to reentry” right around this time.
Jeff Sullivan 😀
The opening scene from Firefly Serenity comes to mind 😛
Wash: Unless we can offset the burn through, this landing is gonna get pretty interesting.
Mal: Define “interesting”.
Wash: [deadpan] Oh God, oh God, we’re all going to die?
Mal: This is the Captain. We have a little problem with our entry sequence, so we may experience some slight turbulence, and then explode.
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Mal: Just get us on the ground.
Wash: That part will happen pretty definitely.