Thread: Minuteman ICBM reaches Mach 1 at 60-ft above launcher?
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Old October 22nd 03, 07:57 PM
Mary Pegg
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Default Minuteman ICBM reaches Mach 1 at 60-ft above launcher?
James Oberg wrote:

If S = 0.5 a t**2,
and V = at,

Then since S = 55 ft,

Is that the Babylonian foot or the Roman foot?


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