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"even friction was like wtf" now that's the science i live for lmaooo

"Injuries not service related" absolute peak US military

In order to answer the manhole cover question, I propose we repeat the experiment with a better camera.

You claim to be a "nuclear engineer" and yet after a dozen videos I've yet to see a box of donuts on your control panel.

Nick "The Fat Electrician" is a retired Army medic.

"Its never a warcrime the first time"-The Fat Electrician

It's funny.  Without the Fat Electrician the Youtube algorithm probably wouldn't have recommended me your video.  It's nice to hear a reaction from someone who actually knows their stuff.

"Depends on how long it sustained the speed..."

My brother in Christ, that manhole cover was going 150,000miles per hour, it basically just teleported into space.

Fun history fact: the last surviving veteran of the civil war died in 1956. My brain cannot comprehend a civil war soldier witnessing this kind of madness.

Nuclear Pigs in a Blanket sounds like a circa 1800s radium enriched novelty snack.

His PROPORTIONAL video is the best way to tell those stories I've ever heard!

Former US Army Medic. This is how active duty and Veterans all talk. Very straightforward, with Dark humor

Us taxpayers: Where do you think our money goes in the military part of the budget?

US military: Let's use the earth as a giant potato gun... for science.

0:15 he was an army combat medic

The true first man-made item to make it to space was the German V-2 rocket back in 1944. The Germans made up a test to see how high the rocket was able to go straight up, if my recollection serves correct the rocket made it to 175km (109mi) which is well above the established height for reaching space (100km or 62mi).

The only conclusion we can have from this video is we need to try this again now that we have better cameras.

Thing is, that was the minimum speed for it to have been captured in that single frame. It could have been even higher. The estimate was 41.6 miles per second. If whatever chunk made it out of the atmosphere had 26.16 miles per second velocity remaining, it is currently interstellar and is the furthest manmade object ever and should realistically remain so forever.

Finding this blast as a seismic reading was how America learned to monitor the Soviet Union for when they chose to do underground testing. Which they did, starting in 1963.
The seismic waves are different than an earthquake, so were able to be recognized.

Fun Fact: When asked if the plate ever reached space, Dr. Brownlee famously replied, "I have no idea, but I always hoped it did." It remains the fastest man-made object ever recorded relative to Earth's atmosphere.