CL wrote:
> Simon wrote:
> 
>> The muzzle velocity isn't important, just the velocity of the bullet 
>> on it's way back down. 
> 
> 
> If I remember Mr. Science, correctly, the time / speed / distance thingy 
> plots out as a bell curve where the apex is zero speed, zero 
> acceleration.  If you draw a line parallel to the base through both legs 
> of the curve, the speed is the same and the acceleration is exactly the 
> opposite -- e.g. traveling at the same speed, but it is decelerating at 
> the same rate on the way up that it is accelerating on the way down.
> 
> Then again, I have two liberal arts degrees and a non-science advanced 
> degree, too ... no one needs to go "engineer" or "physicist" on us ...

Of course, it may work out differently if you reject the Copernican view 
of the universe, too. http://www.fixedearth.com/knowledge%20impact.htm 
should fill you in on the ultimate in what happens when no one "goes 
physicist."
KWW