NASA
uses a sylized value of 1,000 ft/sec as Mach 1 at the very high (Peak
Heating Region) altitudes.

This is why I stay faithful to this newsgroup despite all the insane
postings during election years. You never know when you're going to
come across some wonderful, useless bit of information like this.

I wish the people in the local cocktail circuit were more tuned in to
air & space. Then I could ambush somebody with this factoid.

Thank you, Pete!

all the best -- Dan Ford
email: (put Cubdriver in subject line)

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