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If you’ve never watched a video of one of these interceptor rockets, it’s worth a view. They take off at an insane speed.
by pram 3y ago
If you’ve never watched a video of one of these interceptor rockets, it’s worth a view. They take off at an insane speed.
- jaggederest 3y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprint_(missile) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprint_(missile) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvZGaMt7UgQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvZGaMt7UgQ Mach 10 in five seconds. Ablative cooling, due to the surface reaching 3500c from air friction.
- hermitcrab 3y agoThe aerodynamic stress of that sort of acceleration close to sea level must be massive. it is a wonder they could make anything strong enough to survive it while being light enough to achieve that sort of acceleration.
- HPsquared 3y agoOn the plus side, the high temperature is only there for a few seconds. So it doesn't need to permanently withstand it, just for long enough to keep the systems operating.