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Crazy. At what speed / acceleration would a manhole cover burn up from friction with the atmosphere?


"StackExchange: Could the end cap of the Pascal B (1) survive its trip through the atmosphere?"

https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/488151/could-the...


To clarify for anyone unfamiliar - this isn't a manhole cover in the traditional sense. It was a 2000 pound hunk of solid steel. It makes this story much more plausible because a regular manhole cover would blow into a million pieces




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