How fast is 6,599 miles per hour?

[teal'c]

This is a video of the testing of the USAF's rocket sled zipping past at around mach 8. About a mile a second. In slow motion.


https://www.instagram.com/p/B2Do9wXDdPi/

 

[grillebilly]

The only thing I can come up with is bad ass.

 

[nasadowsk]

Even more mindblowing: The X-15 went 4200 or so mph in the 60's, and was manned...

 

[SoCal Sam]

Yes, yes, the big news is the Air Force is on Instagram? WTF??

 

[Grenadeslio]

1mph less than 6,600mph.

 

[epifanatic]

Oops, I blinked.

 

[sKiZo]

Hey, I can take it on my Ural!! <G>

 

[lakeeffect]

Ummm, thanks, but I'll wait for the next bus..

 

[SuperjazzyJa]

Why is it going so slow? Are they trying to bore the crap out of us?

 

[dzkfraser]

Well, actually it's kinda slow if you want to go to the moon.

 

[Redcatcher199th]

Well, actually it's kinda slow if you want to go to the moon.

24,000 Mph that's fast

 

[Mitkraft]

Kinda reminds me of the old bit my cousin used to do where he'd make like a cowboy and say, "Wanna see how fast I can draw?.......Wanna see it again?"

 

[Sandy G]

Faster'n' even my Dad's 280 SEL 4.5 '72 V-8 Mercedes... An' THAT Weinerschnitzel would **** 'n' Git...

 

[toxcrusadr]

^^ Always loved the look of that car. Now I really want one.

 

[DeeCee]

Ummm, thanks, but I'll wait for the next bus..

Pretty much when I was going to school and I was late to the stop, busses would accelerate to about that same speed...

 

[bluesky]

Quick

 

[avionic]

Not fast enough for escape velocity..

 

[Sandy G]

WAY faster than THIS ol' Fat Boy has any bidness at all going..