3 ms·
Not even close to the manhole cover speed record.
by mattas 3mo ago
Not even close to the manhole cover speed record.
- LorenDB 3mo agoFor those unaware: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Plumbbob https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Plumbbob Most people agree that the manhole cover would have been vaporized during its atmospheric ascent portion of flight, but I still like to believe that somewhere out there in the void, a small blob of molten steel that survived the atmosphere is drifting in solar orbit.
- rich_sasha 3mo agoPerhaps it's going even faster, and one day will zoom through someone else's stellar system. And they'll rack their brains over what this weird misshaped metallic radioactive object means, where it's coming and where it's going to.