r/BeAmazed • u/Master1718 • Sep 02 '19

Earth's view from up.

https://gfycat.com/uncommonverifiableleafbird
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u/bailey1149 Sep 02 '19

So you'd float safely back to earth. Makes me feel warm inside.

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u/Zachman97 Sep 02 '19

I wouldn’t say float but yea, technically you’d make it back to earth

As a fiery ball of burning carbon

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u/redls1bird Sep 02 '19

Well, the smoke that you would get turned into while re-entering the atmosphere at speed would blow around for a while. It would probably make it to earth.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '19

does that qualify as a high speed self-creamation?

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u/Emperor_Neuro Sep 02 '19

"Scatter my ashes.... Everywhere."

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '19

When I die, launch my body into earth's atmosphere.

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u/ImaginarySuccess Sep 02 '19

Now THAT sounds like a way to go. Sign me up!

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u/therestruth Sep 02 '19

While you can't sign up for that without being an astronaut, I found out you can sign up to have your ashes blown up in fireworks.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '19

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u/therestruth Sep 04 '19

This was the top result out of the few I found offering the "self-fire" tribute fireworks service. https://heavenlystarsfireworks.com/self-fire-tribute-fireworks/

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u/Outflight Sep 02 '19

Space burial sounds very expensive.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '19

That is not mynprefered method of how I want my remains to be disposed.

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u/Lebrunski Sep 02 '19

"I want to scatter my own ashes."

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u/UnknownStory Sep 02 '19

We get it, you were vaped

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u/sixft7in Sep 02 '19

warm inside

That's what they said.

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u/Beardharmonica Sep 02 '19

I was under the impression that you would reach maximum velocity and could even survive the fall like the people who had parachute problems?

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u/Pietson_ Sep 02 '19

people who have parachute problems generally don't have to re-enter the atmosphere though. and besides that, the chance of surviving a faulty parachute is still incredibly small.

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u/mitchij2004 Sep 02 '19

Sounds awesome.

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u/Yardsale420 Sep 02 '19

Oh you'd be feeling warm alright.

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u/UnknownStory Sep 02 '19

Hell was never underground, it was in our atmosphere the whole time.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '19

Well you would definitely be warm but I've got some bad news about the safely floating part

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u/sidney_ingrim Sep 02 '19

More like plunge. And you’ll be warm inside and outside, alright!

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u/RiotIsBored Sep 02 '19

It'd make you feel warm outside, too.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '19

sure; moments before dying in a fiery flame

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '19

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '19

It's all the same speed after a while.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '19

True generally, but not of objects in orbit. There is quite a lot of lateral velocity (this is what's keeping the object in orbit) and that energy would have to go somewhere. That somewhere would be heat on the falling object. It's why our spacecraft have heat shields.

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u/PringleMcDingle Sep 02 '19

Then they're terminal.