<VV> RE:saturn sky humor

[Steven R. Marti]

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Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 09:07:01 +0000
From: norman.witte at comcast.net (Norm Witte)
Subject: Re: <VV> Re: Saturn Sky HUMOR NO CORVAIR
To: Bill Elliott <corvair at fnader.com>, JanBoyd at kirtlandcc.org
Cc: virtualvairs at corvair.org
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Well, it seems awfully light for a planet....  

So I calculated it for a sky.  The Saturn Sky is 161.1 inches by 71.4
inches, which gives a total surface area of 79.87875 square feet.  I may be
rusty here but from my high school science class I seem to recall that a
column of air one foot square weights 14.7 lbs., give or take for barometric
pressure, which would make 79.87875 square feet of sky 1,174.218 lbs., or
about 1,758.782 lbs. less than 2,933 lbs.  So the Sky weighs 1,758.782 lbs.
too much.

Ask Doctor Science!

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-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: Bill Elliott <corvair at fnader.com> 

> 2933lbs; about 600 too much. 
> 
> Bill Elliott 
> 
> Jan Boyd wrote: 
> 
> >How much does the Saturn Sky weigh? 
> > 
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You're both way off.    You did the calculations for EARTH, not Saturn! Ggg

Steve



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