[meteorite-list] Sat reentry Question

[Sterling K. Webb]

Hi, Pete,

    An "explosion" is the expansion of hot matter (gaseous
vapor, chemical, or plasma, nuclear). That solves the "empty"
space part. It's not empty any more. 

    But the SM-3 that's going after the defective satellite does 
not carry explosives.  The SM-3 has a Kinetic Warhead, 
meaning it's a big heavy fist. When it acquires a target, its 
own rocket thrusters accelerate it to a very high speed relative 
to the target and Wham! No more target.

    Pretty simple: get rock, throw rock... hard.


Sterling K. Webb
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pete Shugar" <pshugar at clearwire.net>
To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 10:42 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Sat reentry Question


Is there a shock wave from an explosion of a bomb--satallete
or any other orbiting item. With no air in space I would tend to think
there's no shockwave.
Anyone got answers?
Pete

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