Timeline for How would one build a refrigerator to survive a nuke?
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| Sep 19, 2016 at 18:25 | history | edited | user23110 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 19, 2016 at 18:21 | comment | added | user23110 | @jules seriously, though, assuming that the shock wave moves at the speed of sound (340m/s), and the gradient is 1 meter long, you'll get about 192 Kgm/s. however, If you time everything just right, and you're moving at mach 0.97 when the blast comes, you'll be able to gain a whopping 1m/s of delta V | |
| Sep 19, 2016 at 17:38 | comment | added | user23110 | @Jules That's not a bad Idea..... you could 'ride the shock wave. 20 PSI with a 50 square foot parachute should generate about 72 tons of lift. With a little luck, you can get your pet elephant out as well! | |
| Sep 19, 2016 at 17:32 | comment | added | Jules |
about 7070 feet (2.15km) laterally you'd probably also be looking at a boost from the nuclear shockwave if you time it right.
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| Sep 17, 2016 at 1:21 | comment | added | jpmc26 | "you, being in the air, would be perfectly fine with no debris to fall on you" If I recall correctly, nuclear weapons are typically designed to be detonated well above the ground. This actually maximizes the damage caused by the shockwave. | |
| Sep 16, 2016 at 20:51 | comment | added | user23110 | @mirhagk yes, but you'd be inside the wave. | |
| Sep 16, 2016 at 13:53 | comment | added | mirhagk | Could you design a rocket without a propulsion system (or a minor one) that simply lets you "ride" the blast wave? | |
| Sep 16, 2016 at 11:16 | comment | added | Falco | What about the opposite direction? Could the fridge melt itself into the ground with shaped charges or thermite? Could it melt itself into the ground before the explosion ? | |
| Sep 15, 2016 at 21:45 | comment | added | Daniel Jour | He he, I was just about to answer "put a rocket in the lower half of that fridge". Because seriously, getting out of there is the only option to survive.. | |
| Sep 15, 2016 at 20:43 | history | answered | user23110 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |