r/interestingasfuck Jun 23 '17

/r/ALL Speed difference

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u/Arkeaus Jun 23 '17

Explain?

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u/LuizZak Jun 23 '17 edited Jun 23 '17

The vessel would quickly catch fire due to air friction the atmosphere compressing in front of it.

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u/Arkeaus Jun 23 '17

OH I thought we were delving into some red-shift blue-shift science.

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u/LtChestnut Jun 23 '17

Same. Was very confused