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Politics : Bush-The Mastermind behind 9/11? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Don Earl who wrote (13329)8/14/2006 1:42:33 AM
From: Orcastraiter  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 20039
 
If you were going to send a soup can into orbit, would you use a sparkler or a firecracker?

Your point is?



To: Don Earl who wrote (13329)8/14/2006 10:45:01 AM
From: Orcastraiter  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 20039
 
Are you saying that thermite was not involved? Why not provide a link to the thermite material you deem most useful?



To: Don Earl who wrote (13329)8/14/2006 10:51:03 AM
From: TigerPaw  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 20039
 
I also can't figure out why anyone thinks a building cut or blown up would fall faster than one that is just barrelling it's way down floor by floor. It's not as if it stops when it hits a floor and then starts up again. the whole debris package just punches through on it's way to a gravitational minimum.

If anything a cut building would fall slower because it doesn't have the accumulating weight and momentum of the falling debris pile.



To: Don Earl who wrote (13329)8/14/2006 2:00:15 PM
From: Rock_nj  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 20039
 
Don, I understand where you are coming from. But could thermite not be used to weaken the supports of a building and bring it down without too much fuss? An obvious detonation like an explosive would cause a lot of questions. Is it just not possible to use thermite for this purpose and even worth exploring any further re: WTC-7?