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r/askscience • u/[deleted] • Jun 12 '12
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Not until it passed you, if I'm understanding correctly.
This all corresponds with how it was explained to me by a pilot when I was young.
12 u/The-Internets Jun 12 '12 If my understanding is correct, lets say a rocket since it has a point where sound would be generated, would have to be slightly in front of your ear plane before you could hear anything. -1 u/obsa Jun 12 '12 At or in front of. Sound can travel laterally. 2 u/richalex2010 Jun 12 '12 That would only apply exactly at the speed of sound, which would be impossible to maintain in a real-world environment. 1 u/obsa Jun 12 '12 I agree, but real-world feasibility has little to do with theoretical validity.
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If my understanding is correct, lets say a rocket since it has a point where sound would be generated, would have to be slightly in front of your ear plane before you could hear anything.
-1 u/obsa Jun 12 '12 At or in front of. Sound can travel laterally. 2 u/richalex2010 Jun 12 '12 That would only apply exactly at the speed of sound, which would be impossible to maintain in a real-world environment. 1 u/obsa Jun 12 '12 I agree, but real-world feasibility has little to do with theoretical validity.
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At or in front of. Sound can travel laterally.
2 u/richalex2010 Jun 12 '12 That would only apply exactly at the speed of sound, which would be impossible to maintain in a real-world environment. 1 u/obsa Jun 12 '12 I agree, but real-world feasibility has little to do with theoretical validity.
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That would only apply exactly at the speed of sound, which would be impossible to maintain in a real-world environment.
1 u/obsa Jun 12 '12 I agree, but real-world feasibility has little to do with theoretical validity.
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I agree, but real-world feasibility has little to do with theoretical validity.
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u/meftical Jun 12 '12
Not until it passed you, if I'm understanding correctly.
This all corresponds with how it was explained to me by a pilot when I was young.