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I know it's just a movie, but I had a question about "Indiana jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull." I'm writing a blog post and infographic about the scene where he hides in a refridgerator to protect him from a nuclear blast. I was hoping for some help from physics experts instead of making stuff up.
Here's the scene on YouTube if you haven't seen it.
The scene is ridiculous, but Lucas recently said there's a 50/50 chance of survival.
I compiled a bunch of data from various websites and some of them conflict or don't answer enough questions to be useful. I compiled it into a rough spreadsheet here.
Assuming he found a commercial lead-lined fridge (which didn't exist) and the fridge was hermetically sealled (impossible) and he was able to maintian a safe crash position in it here's my question.
What would I need to calculate his survival rate? I really appreciate any help that you can provide.
Here are some of my references
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada_National_Security_Site
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_56_(nuclear_test )
http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Survive_a_Nuclear_Blast
http://www.stardestroyer.net/Empire/Science/Nuke.html
http://m.wikihow.com/Survive-a-Nuclear-Attack
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/nuclearfaq.asp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_nuclear_explosions
http://www.slashfilm.com/george-lucas-insists-nuke-fridge-survive/
http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Nwfaq/Nfaq5.html
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/nuclear/
http://www.atomicarchive.com/Effects/index.shtml
Here's the scene on YouTube if you haven't seen it.
The scene is ridiculous, but Lucas recently said there's a 50/50 chance of survival.
In fact, it was Spielberg who “didn’t believe” the scene. In response to Spielberg’s fears, Lucas put together a whole nuking-the-fridge dossier. It was about six inches thick, he indicated with his hands. Lucas said that if the refrigerator were lead-lined, and if Indy didn’t break his neck when the fridge crashed to earth, and if he were able to get the door open, he could, in fact, survive. “The odds of surviving that refrigerator — from a lot of scientists — are about 50-50,” Lucas said. - /Film
I compiled a bunch of data from various websites and some of them conflict or don't answer enough questions to be useful. I compiled it into a rough spreadsheet here.
Assuming he found a commercial lead-lined fridge (which didn't exist) and the fridge was hermetically sealled (impossible) and he was able to maintian a safe crash position in it here's my question.
What would I need to calculate his survival rate? I really appreciate any help that you can provide.
Here are some of my references
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada_National_Security_Site
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_56_(nuclear_test )
http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Survive_a_Nuclear_Blast
http://www.stardestroyer.net/Empire/Science/Nuke.html
http://m.wikihow.com/Survive-a-Nuclear-Attack
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/nuclearfaq.asp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_nuclear_explosions
http://www.slashfilm.com/george-lucas-insists-nuke-fridge-survive/
http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Nwfaq/Nfaq5.html
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/nuclear/
http://www.atomicarchive.com/Effects/index.shtml
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