Re: How Rockets Differ From Jets


Fred J. McCall wrote:
>
> If it didn't get smashed to bits and crumpled up by the winds. Uh,
> you did realize the atmosphere on Venus doesn't just quietly sit there
> like a pond, right?



One of the nice things about a hypersonic plane is that winds have
little affect on it. A mach 15 airflow is so much greater than a
measly 200 knot wind that it is scarcely felt.

Not to mention the 5 million pounds of thrust an 11 SSME engine
spaceplane would have.

Military jet pilots rarely feel the weather in the newer fighter
aircraft. The one exception is when they are flying slow to land or
takeoff.


tomcat

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