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Originally Posted by Chewbacca
When I hauled dynamite I was told stories of guys using Det Cord for belts and shoe laces.
Kind of hard to wrap to the brain around the astronauts having to travel almost that speed to break the bonds of earth.
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Actually the Apollo astronauts travelled at 36,666 ft./second which is 14,666 ft./second faster than the fastest projectile fired from Ames Vertical Gun. Those good old boys were moving.