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mopinko

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1. if they launch them by the hundreds, there will b structural damage.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Dec 25, 2024, 11:18 AM

Dec 2024

that’s how it works. repeated jolts cause tiny fracture upon tiny fracture until the thing fails.
had a job doing that stuff once. 1 little crystal in a piece of steel, and every shock it takes makes another little crack. look under a microscope and u see an ever widening chevron.

and w building codes in tx being what they r….

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if they launch them by the hundreds, there will b structural damage. mopinko Dec 2024 #1