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In reply to the discussion: North Tower Exploding... [View all]gyroscope
(1,443 posts)16. For every action...an equal and opposite reaction
You shouldn't notice much of a deceleration once the collapse gets underway because the difference in mass between the falling portion and subsequent floors is quite significant.
that might be true if the building was made out of balsa wood and toothpicks. then maybe fire could have turned it into a pile of ashes within a matter of seconds. but 90 floors and 47 core columns made of the strongest structural steel known to man...is going to provide quite a massive amount of resistance to the alleged pile driver or falling upper block which supposedly consisted of the 10 or 20 floors above the impact zone.
Physics 101: for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
hence the upper block isn't going to destroy the much more massive lower block, without first destroying itself, long before it can reach the ground. so the official explanation, is beyond ludicrous.
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Watch the video. A large section of the building collapsed from the fire alone. n/t
cpwm17
Aug 2014
#53
Of course it free fell, with the help of all the floors above where the planes hit.
IronGate
Aug 2014
#7
"I'm not the one, however, making mistakes about fundamental physics concepts." Yes you are!
wildbilln864
Aug 2014
#65