I've noticed this trend for a long time now. When I was younger I would get a few comic books from my grandparents when I visited. All my younger cousins (a few more than a dozen on that side of the family) over the years did not ever get any, nor did they seem to care. They did read the old Beatle Bailey and other random comics from the 60's and 70's that they could find around the grandparents' house.
I'm partially attributing the demise of American comic books with the rise of other forms of entertainment. I've seen a marked interest from today's youth in Harry Potter, Pokemon. etc.. which happen to be fads. They are the popular thing at the moment so the kids drop everything else for the fad.
There are significant differences between sea level and 200,000 feet in air density and temperature. The cumulative effect is a greater increase in Mach number for smaller increases in velocity.
The chances of surviving this incident are rather nonexistant. Flying at about 4000 miles an hour is around Mach 20+. Even if there were a way for the astronauts to exit the spacecraft, they would be blown to oblivion.
If there were an ejection module the could separate from the spacecraft, the crew would have a chance. But, there is no such thing in our surrent shuttle design. Buzz Aldrin said something about this during the FOX reporting.
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I'm signing up for the beta testing and I hope they don't pick me.
My grades would be hurting if they do...
I've noticed this trend for a long time now. When I was younger I would get a few comic books from my grandparents when I visited. All my younger cousins (a few more than a dozen on that side of the family) over the years did not ever get any, nor did they seem to care. They did read the old Beatle Bailey and other random comics from the 60's and 70's that they could find around the grandparents' house.
I'm partially attributing the demise of American comic books with the rise of other forms of entertainment. I've seen a marked interest from today's youth in Harry Potter, Pokemon. etc.. which happen to be fads. They are the popular thing at the moment so the kids drop everything else for the fad.
There are significant differences between sea level and 200,000 feet in air density and temperature. The cumulative effect is a greater increase in Mach number for smaller increases in velocity.
The chances of surviving this incident are rather nonexistant. Flying at about 4000 miles an hour is around Mach 20+. Even if there were a way for the astronauts to exit the spacecraft, they would be blown to oblivion.
If there were an ejection module the could separate from the spacecraft, the crew would have a chance. But, there is no such thing in our surrent shuttle design. Buzz Aldrin said something about this during the FOX reporting.