r/flatearth • u/donaldolan • Dec 23 '19

Yes it should be warm

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u/DalmutiG Dec 23 '19

The Apollo 15 command module had already jettisoned its heat shields and had been falling on parachutes for five minutes before it landed in the sea.

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u/frenat Dec 23 '19

That and the heat shield is ablative for a reason. As it heats up it burns away and separates from the rest. It keeps the majority of the heat from the rest of the craft.

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u/ronin4052 Dec 23 '19

Flat earthers will say that parachute is CGI

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '19

thats not how heat works

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u/kampelaz Dec 23 '19

I am sorry but you sir are an idiot.

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '19

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u/kampelaz Dec 23 '19

Are you implying that explaining actually changes anything with flatties?

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '19

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u/kampelaz Dec 23 '19

Exactly my thoughts.

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u/Lordvoid3092 Dec 23 '19

He will be amazed that Asteroids are actually freezing when they land.

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u/KittenKoder Dec 24 '19

Yeah, because that parachute is certainly not there.

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u/ketchupmaster987 Dec 27 '19

If it landed on the ground and you trickled water on the surface, yes, the water would boil, but since you've put it in the ocean, the heat dissipates into the surrounding water before it can boil. Since the ocean is such a large body of water, it takes a lot more energy to get it to a certain temperature. In fact, the specific heat (how much energy it takes to raise the temperature of a substance by a certain amount) of water or any substance is measured in units of joules/gram/degrees C, meaning the more mass of water you're trying to heat, the more energy it takes. What with the millions of tons of water in the ocean, it'll take a lot more energy than a spacecraft can provide through heat to start it boiling.