thatsbs t1_j20azzd wrote on December 28, 2022 at 6:58 PM Reply to comment by HazelNightengale in Noah Galle, Parents, Sued Again After Crash Leaves Six Dead in Delray Beach by Spawnacus Energy = mass * velocity^2 Velocity is clearly the most important variable. Speed literally kills. This is why head on collisions are so deadly (you add the velocity of both vehicles), why flecks of paint in space striking the space station leaves significant damage. Permalink Parent 6
thatsbs t1_j20azzd wrote
Reply to comment by HazelNightengale in Noah Galle, Parents, Sued Again After Crash Leaves Six Dead in Delray Beach by Spawnacus
Energy = mass * velocity^2
Velocity is clearly the most important variable. Speed literally kills. This is why head on collisions are so deadly (you add the velocity of both vehicles), why flecks of paint in space striking the space station leaves significant damage.