Superman and 9-11

Lord Poe · Post by **Lord Poe** » 2004-12-05 08:40pm

Found this while Google-bored:

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2004-12-05 08:51pm

The Laws of Physics tell me that Supes doing that to a plane would, in fact, probably destroy the plane.

Sonnenburg · Post by **Sonnenburg** » 2004-12-05 09:11pm

This explains why they spent $5 billion on Kryptonite detectors at all airports.

Soontir C'boath · Post by **Soontir C'boath** » 2004-12-05 09:26pm

DPDarkPrimus wrote:The Laws of Physics tell me that Supes doing that to a plane would, in fact, probably destroy the plane.

Not if he gives an opposite equal amount of force on it, then he has to only worry about the plane free falling.

IRG CommandoJoe · Post by **IRG CommandoJoe** » 2004-12-05 09:49pm

DPDarkPrimus wrote:The Laws of Physics tell me that Supes doing that to a plane would, in fact, probably destroy the plane.

How do we know that he didn't gradually slow it down and that it's stopped in that picture?

Post by **Dalton** » 2004-12-05 09:50pm

IRG CommandoJoe wrote:
DPDarkPrimus wrote:The Laws of Physics tell me that Supes doing that to a plane would, in fact, probably destroy the plane.
How do we know that he didn't gradually slow it down and that it's stopped in that picture?

Because it's still in the air...see, there's this thing called "gravity"...

InnerBrat · Post by **InnerBrat** » 2004-12-06 04:10am

Dalton wrote:Because it's still in the air...see, there's this thing called "gravity"...

Supes can hold it up. I'm sure he's done something similar.

I'd rather see Spidey doing something though. It's his city, after all.

frigidmagi · Post by **frigidmagi** » 2004-12-06 05:45am

The comics have him trying and failing IB. Spidey just isn't strong enough to stop something that heavy and that fast.

InnerBrat · Post by **InnerBrat** » 2004-12-06 06:18am

I stand corrected...

Post by **Dalton** » 2004-12-06 06:36am

InnerBrat wrote:
Dalton wrote:Because it's still in the air...see, there's this thing called "gravity"...
Supes can hold it up. I'm sure he's done something similar.

It's physically impossible though. He'd have to hold it up at its center of gravity.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2004-12-06 07:59am

Dalton wrote:
InnerBrat wrote:
Dalton wrote:Because it's still in the air...see, there's this thing called "gravity"...
Supes can hold it up. I'm sure he's done something similar.
It's physically impossible though. He'd have to hold it up at its center of gravity.

Bah...that's why he uses Super-Telekinesis

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I mean how else does he hold Battleships without them collapsing around him?

Either way, I like the pic anyways.

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2004-12-06 09:17am

the creator didn't even get the plane right. That's clearly a 747.

Robert Walper · Post by **Robert Walper** » 2004-12-06 10:35am

Dalton wrote:
InnerBrat wrote:
Dalton wrote:Because it's still in the air...see, there's this thing called "gravity"...
Supes can hold it up. I'm sure he's done something similar.
It's physically impossible though. He'd have to hold it up at its center of gravity.

Technically true, but since Superman can lift a massive portion of a frozen lake by it's edge no more than a foot thick, he's clearly capable of getting around that little obstacle.

Alyeska · Post by **Alyeska** » 2004-12-06 11:35am

Dalton wrote:
InnerBrat wrote:
Dalton wrote:Because it's still in the air...see, there's this thing called "gravity"...
Supes can hold it up. I'm sure he's done something similar.
It's physically impossible though. He'd have to hold it up at its center of gravity.

Well Supes don't care. He has held the Statue of Liberty by the side before, not the center of gravity.

SyntaxVorlon · Post by **SyntaxVorlon** » 2004-12-06 11:47am

Soontir C'boath wrote:
DPDarkPrimus wrote:The Laws of Physics tell me that Supes doing that to a plane would, in fact, probably destroy the plane.
Not if he gives an opposite equal amount of force on it, then he has to only worry about the plane free falling.

If he's giving an equal force of the entire mass of a 787? to the nose of the craft then he's going to push through the nose and at the very least destroy the cockpit.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-12-06 11:48am

That's a 747. Does Boeing even make a 787?

SyntaxVorlon · Post by **SyntaxVorlon** » 2004-12-06 11:50am

Rogue 9 wrote:That's a 747. Does Boeing even make a 787?

I thought the planes in 9-11 were smaller craft than the 747 and I couldn't remember the name though.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-12-06 12:15pm