02-01-2015, 08:00 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Fairbanks, Alaska
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Originally Posted by Ironnerd
Does that include baseballs, footballs, or badminton birdies? They are all "other similar substances" and could cause physical harm...
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That's an excellent point, especially since many parks have tennis courts, handball courts, and softball or baseball diamonds. All of these activities involve missiles, some of which are very hard and can cause injury or even death if they strike people (a baseball or softball hitting a person in the chest can stop his or her heart [and has, with fatal results]). In contrast, a falling model rocket, even if its parachute comes out as a "plastic wad" if it sticks to itself, descends slowly enough to catch safely by hand. |