Neil deGrasse Tyson
@neiltyson · Oct 9, 2022
When Maverick ejected at Mach 10.5, he was going 7,000 mph, giving him 400 million joules of kinetic energy — the explosive power of 100 kg of TNT. A situation that human physiology is not designed to survive.
So, no. Maverick does not walk away from this. He be dead. Very dead.
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
Indeed, that kinetic energy scales with the square of velocity is not well-appreciated!
A sealed escape pod with a heat shield would probably work.
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