Timeline for Can an escape pod land on Earth from orbit and not be immediately detected?
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| Jun 18, 2019 at 12:18 | comment | added | Aron | @JohnDvorak In case you missed it any discussion that starts with lithobreaking (pun) as the primary method of slowing down is going to be tongue firmly in cheek. Right next to Spontaneous Unscheduled Disassembly Event | |
| Jun 13, 2019 at 4:30 | comment | added | o.m. | @RonJohn, that wasn't specified to I explained both options. It could be the regular weekly Sirius-to-Terra liner and nobody worries except for traffic control and those who wait for friends.. | |
| Jun 12, 2019 at 18:05 | comment | added | RonJohn | A significant difference between OP's scenario and Fosset & MH370 is that Five Eyes, the Chinese, Europeans, Japanese, etc (and just about every astronomer om the planet) will all be watching this space ship about as intently as possible. | |
| Jun 12, 2019 at 15:40 | comment | added | John Dvorak | @Aron water is surprisingly unyielding at any appreciable speed. At mach 10, water and rock are the same thing. In old KSP, collision with water behaves the same as collision with ground, except it left no debris. And that's pretty much what happens in real life, too. | |
| Jun 12, 2019 at 15:37 | comment | added | Aron | @JohnDvorak I was actually thinking more like slamming into the ocean and creating a massive tsunami. | |
| Jun 12, 2019 at 11:59 | comment | added | John Dvorak | @Aron even if your passengers could survive slamming into rock at mach 10 ... and the impact didn't trip seismographic detectors across the country ... you still make quite a light show before you even reach ground. | |
| Jun 12, 2019 at 5:04 | comment | added | Aron | Aerobraking can be done over large bodies of water to reduce the number of witnesses. Lithobraking can also be a very efficient way to shed KE. | |
| Jun 11, 2019 at 19:32 | history | answered | o.m. | CC BY-SA 4.0 |