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minus-squareelucubra@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoMy father was a fighter pilot. He explained that at a sufficiently sharp angle, hitting water was like hitting concrete.
minus-squarebitjunkie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoSurface tension is a weird thing chemically/electrostatically, but we also probably don’t have life on Earth without it.
minus-squarefred_garvin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoFormer Navy rescue swimmer here. Judging height over open ocean is really hard. Especially in rolling seas. Deploy too high and too fast and you fucking skip off the water.
My father was a fighter pilot. He explained that at a sufficiently sharp angle, hitting water was like hitting concrete.
Surface tension is a weird thing chemically/electrostatically, but we also probably don’t have life on Earth without it.
Former Navy rescue swimmer here. Judging height over open ocean is really hard. Especially in rolling seas. Deploy too high and too fast and you fucking skip off the water.