So I have had this general curiosity for a while. Could one, in theory, be falling at terminal velocity and approaching towards water use something to break the surface tension of water and survive?
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You cannot “break surface tension”. It is an inherent property of water like density. You would not say you could break density.
You can however change it. As one poster said, you can change the bulk density by having air bubbles in the water and you can add soap to significantly reduce surface tension.
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