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Space Shuttle Breaks Sound Barrier
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STS-115 Space Shuttle Atlantis blasts off from Kennedy Space Center Florida. Near the end of the clip you can see the vapor cloud as the shuttle breaks the sound barrier. This was shot by a good friend of mine, he was kind enough to get me that close to the pad, then run the camera as I watched.
EDIT: Yes, I know it’s a singularity cloud. We’ve been over this several times in the comments.
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June 30th, 2009
sounds like popcorn
sounds like popcorn
June 30th, 2009
Thank you. I was …
Thank you. I was getting attacked from all angles by people that didn’t know what they were looking at.
June 30th, 2009
You are actually …
You are actually correct. This is not a “sonic boom” but simply a small correction in the direction the shuttle was moving which caused a low pressure wave to develop, leading to condensation of humid air.
June 30th, 2009
Oh come on bkivie, …
Oh come on bkivie, just because you can’t hear it doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. You can obviously see it break the sound barrier.
Hydrogen + Oxygen = Awesomeness
June 30th, 2009
I’m sorry to inform …
I’m sorry to inform you, but the average fighter jet engine puts off around 160 db noise. I’m sure that the rockets would drown out any sound of the sonic boom. Think boy, Think….
June 30th, 2009
its all for the …
its all for the sake of research, its for your own good.
June 30th, 2009
actually its about …
actually its about 21,000 mph or even more. there is some calculations that you can do to find out, I won’t go into it though lol.
June 30th, 2009
the flames and …
the flames and smoke looks like obediah frm ironman’s
June 30th, 2009
U wot??? The speed …
U wot??? The speed of sound is approx 700 mph and the shuttle does a lot more than that.. To break gravity and get into orbit it needs to be doin around 17,000 mph so it actually does over 24 times the speed of sound before it even gets into space!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 30th, 2009
yup that’s right
yup that’s right
June 30th, 2009
Hippie.
Hippie.
June 30th, 2009
This has nothing to …
This has nothing to do with a sonic boom, and all to do with thermodynamics. Think humidity in the air and pressure changes. If it was a sonic boom you would have heard it. However…that IS a very rad polka tune!
June 30th, 2009
nice vid
nice vid
June 30th, 2009
awesome sound
awesome sound
June 30th, 2009
up up and away !
up up and away !
June 30th, 2009
i have been inside 1
i have been inside 1
June 30th, 2009
pollutionnnnnn
pollutionnnnnn
June 30th, 2009
its because it …
its because it didnt break the sound barrier, shuttles only break the barrier on there return the the planet. look it up. the air cone u saw is just a air pocket that they go through. u would have heard the boom if he would have broke it…
June 30th, 2009
JAVOHL!! 8o)
JAVOHL!! 8o)
June 30th, 2009
lol @ rad polka, …
lol @ rad polka, nice video
June 30th, 2009
I generated that …
I generated that rad polka in Sony
cinescore.
June 30th, 2009
Dude, whats the …
Dude, whats the music at the end called?!?!?
June 30th, 2009
Yeah, KSC is just a …
Yeah, KSC is just a mad polka party on launch days =)
June 30th, 2009
Break out your …
Break out your lederhosen, the shuttle is about to launch!
…cool clip though.
June 30th, 2009
You know something …
You know something is loud when it breaks the sound barrier and you cant even hear the sonic boom.