[time-nuts] Time of death-Again

[J. Forster]

He could never have frozen solid in the bomb fall time. I doubt any
material has a sufficiently high thermal diffusivity.

Even if he were dropped into LN2, I doubt he'd freeze more than an inch or
two below the surface.

-John

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> Gents,
>
> Wrote: < If you want a sub-microsecond time of death, sit on a bomb like
> Major T. J. "King" Kong in "Dr. Strangelove," and get your friends to time
> and triangulate the prompt radiation. That should be good to a few 10's of
> nanoseconds.
>
> Absolutely Not So!
>
> The H-Bombs are slowed by parachutes so the bomber can get away.  The
> outside temperature for a B-52 at operating altitude over Russia would
> likely be at least minus 60 degrees F.
>
> Major T, since he was wearing an indoor uniform, would become a solid
> block of ice before the bomb went off so his TOD has a variance of time
> between when became a solid chunk of ice and the time of instant
> defrosting.  This could be 30 to 60 seconds.  Totally un-acceptable
> accuracy for even the cadet grade newbe time-nut ;)
>
> Why, anyone accepting such an error would have to answer to the Coca Cola
> company distributor at Burpelson Air Force Base.
>
> Carpay Diem, Carpell Tunnel-Whatever
>
> Regards,
>
> Perrier
>
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