RE: If an astronaut threw a balsa chuck glider....
I have a feeling that alot of you folks will be surprised by the results.
Entry to earth from orbit does not matter, as it already is in orbit and needs a shove to slow the orbit and it will fall, eventually but it will take a long time for that little sucker to make reentry, my assumption longer than a month (no thrusters) (Apollo had to enter earth from beyond factors that make the gravity bounce real)
(Please keep in mind, all the shuttle does is slow down and she starts to drop to lower orbit until the big double boom is heard and she is on the ground)
I strongly believe that a Glider chucked from space will fair, as long as it does not end up in the path of a Cyclone or Hurricane...
If a little paper origami thingy can make it, then yes a lightly wing loaded glider can as well.
I await the protest.
Hey here is another question, how many of you think that Earths balancing act with summer and winter has anything to do with global warming, I for one think all folks have not paid enough attention to this factor, as they feel it does not matter. Take for example, a ball or something swing it above your head, eventually it is going to stop, same with a gravitational magnet suspended what ever.