Re: Bah!
@arrzarr
I'm interested how you think they plan to slow it down. They've said no parachutes involved and it doesnt come with a heat shield so they cant use aggressive levels of aerobraking.Just using standard atmosphere to slow it down but without making it burn up, wont slow it down that much from Mach 8 (my very rough guess - its a friday and im off to the pub so im not going to actually work it out - would be Mach 3), certainly i dont think it would be down to "leisurely motorway speeds."
On that topic though, I'm also interested in what sort of net you would like to deploy to catch the equivalent of a car travelling at motorway speeds? If you have something, please contact Top Gear - I guarantee they would be interested (and maybe the police for car chases, but Top Gear would certainly be more entertaining! ;) )
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