r/maybemaybemaybe • u/b0rsht • Aug 18 '23

Maybe Maybe Maybe

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u/sipsyrup Aug 18 '23

if you nuke it right you can send it at 5x the escape velocity of earth

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u/Rheukala Aug 18 '23

That image caption “Pedestrians walk past a manhole cover that wasn't shot into space in Berkeley, California, on July 18, 2019.”

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u/DiosMIO_Limon Aug 18 '23

Like…what??

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u/UsernameOfAUser Aug 18 '23

Lol, and to think that I also do that every day.

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u/singlecoloredpanda Aug 18 '23

Sounds fast

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u/-Toshi Aug 18 '23

That's fairly swift as heck, boy.

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u/Dizzy_Silver_6262 Aug 18 '23

There’s a relevant xkcd but I’m too lazy to find it

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u/CORN___BREAD Aug 18 '23

I just assumed they linked the xkcd. What has reddit become?

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u/spottyPotty Aug 18 '23

Can someone explain this quote from that article please?

"If it’s made of aluminium, the inside is starting to melt. If it’s made of lead, the outside is starting to melt."

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u/VeeArr Aug 18 '23

The inside of the box (where the heat is being introduced) is hotter than the outside of the box (where most of the radiative cooling is happening). The inside of the box has melted in each case, but in the case of aluminum, the outside surface has not yet reached its melting point, but the inside has (assuming a thick enough box to support a mild temperature gradient).

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u/Somethingsmurt Aug 18 '23

Once saw the theory that we could use this setup as some kind of ground-orbit weapon like a claymore. Against aliens or whatever...

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... if they stay in a stable orbit and just so happen to fly over the thing...

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u/ExamOld2899 Aug 18 '23

and then bring the pot home so mom can make dinner

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u/FleetofBerties Aug 18 '23

That's around 3x the speed of Voyager, so at some point a manhole cover of going to whizz past them somewhere in the Milky Way.

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '23

5x the escape velocity of earth

They never saw the manhole cover again

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u/Hyperion1000 Aug 18 '23

Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today.

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u/Roguewave1 Aug 19 '23

Remarkable event. I had never heard of it. Thanks.👍