RT> Aw,  c'mon,  don't keep us in suspense!  How fast would you have to spin
RT> that sucker?     :-)
        Actually, I don't know.  The use of the sling and the power of the
sling was demonstrated with the result of penetrating the forehead of a
thick-skulled Philistine.
        The power is generated by the length of the rawhide cords, weight of
the projectile, cup of the pocket, the gentle swing at the start, the
acceleration of the projectile up in front, diagonally across the chest and
the instant accelerative snap just prior to loosing the free cord.
        NASA will be using this same principle for the Capizzi (?) spacecraft
when it orbits Jupiter(?) a couple of times snaps orbit and then 
sling-shots"
around the earth.  Having used a real sling shot, this maneuver of
"sling-shotting" 73 pounds of plutonium around the earth to gain galaxial
escape velocity and multiplying speed somehow leaves me very doubtful.
        The sling shot is hard enough to control.  I wonder if their
technology  is so fool proof that they can accomplish this with no previous
experience or really practical data.  Especially since the earth wobbles
instead of spinning.  (Now hows that for a segue from the sling-shot to a
chance to crab about think-tankers presuming to be accurate with something
they've never done right yet?)
Shalom & Maranatha
TG
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our iniquity.  Baruch Yeshua HaMashiach!  MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR
YALL!!!!
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