Comment on The red bull guy who jumped from space what was going on with his body when him and his suit broke the sound barrier?

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SuperNovaStar@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Oh, yeah, the forces are very intense. But it isn’t at all the same as coming to a complete stop - closer to the water hammer effect if anything (since the air becomes incompressable at those speeds). There’s also a lot of turbulence, vibration, and heat from the drastically increased air resistance.

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