From: earlcp@idirect.com   
      
   "Ash Wyllie"  :   
      
   > Rodney Kelp opined   
   >   
   > >If you suddenly stopped after orbiting at 18,000mph you'd still drop like   
   a   
   > >rock and burn up.   
   >   
   > I wrote a free fall program a few years ago. From 200km and assuming that   
   > the   
   > coefficient of drag gives a terminal velocity of 100m/s, I get   
   >   
   > the fall from  200000 meters took  277  secs   
   > max v =  -1701.19684 m/sec    at  41527.70 meters   
   > max a =  84.6063665 m/sec**2 at  18907.21 meters.   
   >   
   > I suspect that the 84 g deceleration would present a problem assuming that   
   > you survived re-entry at higher altitudes.   
      
   84.6 m/sec^2 equals about 8.6 Gs.  That is only for very healthy people but   
   do-able.   
      
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