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At what g is terminal velocity not terminal?

How weak would gravity need to be in order for a human to reliably survive the terminal velocity of falling through air? (Context: watching scifi on a space station with a variety of artificial ...
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Looking for the right equation that will account for drag and air density [closed]

I didn't see anything about posting homework questions so here it goes. I need to find either the velocity or acceleration or the time(all 3 eventually) for an object that is falling 1000 meters. ...
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Is the wind's force on a stationary object proportional to $v^2$?

I am on a boat docked at Cape Charles, VA, about 30 or 40 miles from the center of Hurricane Irene. This understandably got me thinking about the force of wind on the boat. Since air friction is ...