2006-12-24 00:55:44 · 15 answers · asked by STEVEN S 1 in Travel ➔ Air Travel
353,000 tons travelling at 650 miles per second creates enourmous air resistance - this will heat the reindeer up in the same fashion as spacecrafts re-entering the earth's atmosphere. The lead pair of reindeer will absorb 14.3 QUINTILLION joules of energy. Per second. Each. In short, they will burst into flame almost instantaneously, exposing the reindeer behind them, and create deafening sonic booms in their wake. The entire reindeer team will be vaporized within 4.26 thousandths of a second. Santa, meanwhile, will be subjected to centrifugal forces 17,500.06 times greater than gravity. A 250-pound Santa (which seems ludicrously slim) would be pinned to the back of his sleigh by 4,315,015 pounds of force.
2006-12-24 01:04:05 · answer #1 · answered by My name's MUD 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I actually saw a program about this on the Science Channel recently. They figured that Santa has about 842 million homes to visit. Figuring in the average distance between homes Santa needs to fly at Mach 6395 (6395 times the speed of sound) in order to make his deliveries in 48 hrs if he takes advantage of the international date line.
2006-12-24 05:26:35 · answer #2 · answered by ct_redhead 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am waiting sooo patiently for Santa to fly real fast to come to me
cause I want Santa on my lap for Christmas and I can give him a real
BIG KISS!!
2006-12-24 01:33:06 · answer #3 · answered by Lisa L 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Faster than the Speed of Light, he travels that fast, he actually stops time, thus making it possible to deliver all the Presents by the morning,
2006-12-24 06:51:55 · answer #4 · answered by Niall S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Santa can't fly! It's his reindeers that do the flying
2006-12-24 01:05:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Light speed MAN
2006-12-24 02:21:30 · answer #6 · answered by Dan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.noradsanta.org/en/default.php
Or as Fugi in Japan,
Greater than 100 times that of the Bullet Train??
The video:
mms://wms.stream.aol.com/aol/us/kol/specials/2006/noradsanta/clip_04_english_460.wmv
2006-12-24 01:08:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
too fast to put a figure on it after all he has to travel round the whole world in just one night
2006-12-24 01:01:04 · answer #8 · answered by missree 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Superduper fast.
2006-12-24 01:20:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Faster then a speeding bullet, or was that Superman
2006-12-24 01:09:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋