Re: short questions (long-winded answer)

> For the green slime: acceleration = (552.28 * 552.28) / (2 * 4) =
> 38,126.65 meters per second per second.
>
> Now for the kicker. The acceleration due to gravity is about 9.8
> meters
> per second per second. So, our cannonball pulls about 1,477 g as it
> exits the accelerator, and the green slime pulls about 3,890 g as it
> flies out. When that slime hits the mark, I'd say the force of impact
> is
> enough to rupture any cells in the critter's gelatinous body, killing
> it
> instantly.

With that accelaration the green slime undoubtedly dies during
acceleration, long before it potentially strikes anything.  And if it
doesn't then the simply striking of air molecules as it leaves the air
envelope should finish it off (think of it like a neutron bomb).

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