'...his body would splatter like a chainmail glove swatting a worm...'
, offering a personal narrative to confirm his own theory: "I was going Mach 25 when I left the ISS on a spacewalk and that was just fine."Of course, that's not necessarily a perfect comparison — which the NASA retiree understands, as he took the time to thread a bit of a clarification.. "At the altitude at which a Mach 10 hypersonic aircraft would be flying, the ejection would be very survivable, the reentry into the atmosphere in just a pressure suit, not so much.
In other words: Kelly's own issue with the scene lied less in the air speed, as Tyson had noted, and more with how high up Cruise's character may have been. That, he argued, is the determining factor for survivability in this case.To Kelly's credit, other Twitter users took issue with Tyson's claim, explaining that hypersonic aircrafts"We didn't see the ejection onscreen,". "Maybe the hypersonic plane had a protective capsule for the pilot like the XB-70 used.
Tyson has yet to respond. But that being said, none of us would personally care to be thrown out of a hypersonic aircraft, no matter the altitude. And on a related note, we're sure that both Tyson and Kelly have some thoughts about
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